Can't get flash installed

[rwonder]

I've been through google and the ubuntu threads i can't get flash installed so i can watch youtube videos. I downloaded it off the adobe site, and tried installing it automatically through firefox, nothing! it says it installed it when i'm in the installer, but when i go back and open firefox nothing! I don't know what i'm doing wrong.

on a side note
if you know of any c ide's that are good let me know

Thanks!

[hansdown]

Hi rwonder.

At the top of firefox, click tools> addons> browse all addons> plugins.

Install divx web player, quicktime plugin, shockwave flash, vlc multimedia, windows media.

Also click in ubuntu system> administration> synaptic package manager.

Enter password. Search for flash. Install flash non-free.

[rwonder]

i couldn't find the plugins for divx web player, quicktime, shockwave flash, vlc multimedia.

Adobe Flash Player was installed however and thats what mozilla is telling me i need.

shockwave and quicktime supposedly don't exist for linux
synaptic package manager says flash non-free is installed

[Flying caveman]

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

there's a .deb for 8.04 and newer, it doesn't get much easier.

[rwonder]

thats whats confusing me!
its supposed to be installed, that is exactly where i had gone...

[PhydeauxSpeaks]

I just switched to ubuntu (8.10) yesterday, and I'm getting "not available" when I try to get Firefox to install the flash player.

And I've tried to do the manual install. It says it is, but when I restart Firefox, still no flash.

[rwonder]

I updated this morning to 8.10...and same problem...but i realized its not just adobe flash! NONE of the plugins work, but they install!