Fix Flash Problems on Ubuntu

Worked, aside from one speedbump:
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adobe-flashplugin:
adobe-flashplugin depends on libcurl3; however:
Package libcurl3 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing adobe-flashplugin (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
adobe-flashplugin
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I did `sudo apt-get install libcurl3`, then `sudo dpkg -i ./install_flash_player_10_linux.deb`

@ gavin: Personally I already had that package installed but I\'ll update the article as this may happen to others as well. Thanks for sharing!

Nice solution... works great! (Ubuntu 9.04)

Dude, thank you! This has been bothering me since I\'ve changed my hard drive. I was beginning to think it was faulty hardware.

Thanks again

-Enzo

Thanks man, I was having problems getting flash to work for any extending period of time. Thanks for your solution, its working great!

Thanks you very much, your solution fix my case

I am very glad now it work the Flashplugin on Ubuntu 8.10 perfect. Thanks a lot !!!

Glad it works out for you guys!

Hi Kevin:

I\'m a long-time (8+year) user of Ubuntu. Currently using (latest) version 9.10. Followed your steps, and it worked like a charm. Thanks VERY much for a useful procedure!

I think one of the reasons your procedure is so useful is that it fixes one of the \"little\" (but also quite common) problems that can happen with Ubuntu. It\'s not like playing the latest videos is SUPER-critical, but when you know the same videos can play on a Mac or even a M$ Window$ system, it\'s a little... annoying.

And problems like this can baffle non-technical users (heck, even I was sort of \"ignoring\" it until I crossed an \"annoyance threshold\"). So, if Ubuntu is to gain more mainstream acceptance, they need to have very simple & straightforward fixes for the standard set of \"annoyance\" problems that occur. And... these fixes need to be able to be followed by less than uber-geeky (i.e. non-technically inclined) persons.

Now, for a technical question: why do you think the process work? In other words, what is wrong with the codec components we replaced, and what is better about the ones we used? And is there a way to let the Ubuntu world get the \"best\" set of the components right \"out of the box\" (or ISO/install, if you prefer)?

Best regards,

-- Daniel Cunningham

Hi Kevin:

I also cross-posted your solution onto some of the Ubuntu user forums. Seems a lot of folks were having similar problems. Thanks again.

HI, i was suggested your link in ubuntu forum, http://ubuntuforums.org/sho..., hmm did not work for me.... this fix, that you\'ve mentioned is that for the same problem as is being seen in this thread. would be very kind of you, if you can have a look at this thread...

@ gurpreet: Sometimes the copy-pasting fails if it asks for a password. Make sure all commands are executed.

Hi,
I noticed that the installation package is only for 32-bit systems. Any chance you might know and post the url for the 64-bit package?

Thanks a bunch. Of course, on run of dpkg (above) the root cause of my particular problem still bit me. There was a conflict with the existing flashplugin-installer. But, that was solved with:

sudo aptitude purge flashplugin-installer

followed by a rerun of dpkg and everything was fine after that.

Thanks, man. Flash problems have been a thorn in my side for months, and yours is the first \"solution\" I\'ve found that actually works! :)

@ blues: Not yet, still on 32bits here.

@ amac: Thanks a lot for sharing!

@ Jack Henderson: Glad it worked out!

Thank you. Your solution worked for me.

Thank you so much! Worked perfectly with no issues. <thumbs up>

Perfect!!! Thanks :)

For ubuntu 10.10 almost valid, too. The packages have different names, and aptitude is not installed in default setup

Uninstall:
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sudo apt-get purge flashplugin-installer libswfdec-0.8-0[/code]

(if gloobus-preview is installed, don't purge libswfdec)

Download is almost the same, just replace aptitude with apt-get.

Thanks for pointing the direction!

@ Roland: Thanks for sharing

Thank you so very much!

Hey thanks for this, but I found that installing kubuntu-restricted-extras made the flash work perfectly. I hope this helps

Nice thing, this might help. Except for the "echo" command, lol.
That is, unless you copy/paste this into a shell script.