Flash Player 9 working on Edgy Amd64 with nspluginwrapper

[pinguin]

Please, if you are running Gutsy (K/Ubuntu 7.10) stop and read this section. With any flavor of Gutsy you should be able to install "flashplugin-nonfree" with apt-get or synaptic/adept and nspluginwrapper should also install and automatically configure the plugin wrapper. You shouldnt need a script or howto to install it.

After several tests in order to make Flash Player working on Amd64 with nspluginwrapper based on the reading of varies how-to and in occasion of the definitive version of Flash Player 9 I have thought to write this guide, taking cue from the several one how-to that I have read; I synthetize the things that I have made in order to make it to work.
First of all we must install one series of libraries for compatibility with 32 bit
Indispensable is to install ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk linux32 lib32asound2

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk linux32 lib32asound2

Installation of the nspluginwrapper

# Alternative n.1: using repository kindly offered by Janvitus:
add the respository and update the sources list: http://www.janvitus.netsons.org/repository/
installation:

sudo apt-get install nspluginwrapper gsfonts-x11

# end of Alternative 1

# Alternative n. 2:downloading the last version of .rpm files the Plugin and Viewer from his site and debianizing with alien
Download:
http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/proje...2-1.x86_64.rpm
http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/proje...2-1.x86_64.rpm
install alien

sudo apt-get install alien

Let’s go into the folder with the downloaded .rpm files (in my case /home/maurizio)
And convert the packages

sudo alien nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.2-1.x86_64.rpm 
sudo alien nspluginwrapper-i386-0.9.91.2-1.x86_64.rpm

And install the packages

sudo dpkg -i nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.2-1.x86_64.deb 
sudo dpkg -i nspluginwrapper-i386-0.9.91.2-1.x86_64.deb

#end of Alternative n. 2

Download flash player 9 from Adobe site http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get...9_linux.tar.gz

WARNING: At this point, make sure to close every open browser.

Let’s go into the folder with the downloaded file and untar it
the “install_flash_player_9_linux” folder has been created
move the 2 files “libflashplayer.so” and “flashplayer.xpt” from that folder into the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins folder
at last give the command

nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

if it is all right, it would have to return to the prompt without no messages

in the folder .mozilla/plugins/ in our /home we can see the file “npwrapper.libflashplayer.so”, created from the previous command.

Copy it into the folder /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ [Epiphany works]
and create a link (or copy it) into the folder /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/ [now Firefox works, too]

Now, (if I remembered to write back all steps) it would work,
try going on http://www.youtube.com/ and watch a video.

In my system it works, for stability we will see.

Automatically translated text: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/faq_translation.html
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[NotPhil]

I picked up NSPluginWrapper from its home page and converted it to a Debian package with Alien. (Alien told me it skipped converting the scripts.) I installed it with dpkg, and npconfig and npwrapper.so showed up in /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/x86_64/linux.

I got the Flash plug-in from its site and pulled out libflashplayer.so and flashplayer.xpt. I ran sudo nspluginwrapper -i on libflashplayer.so and was told ...

*** NSPlugin Viewer *** preloader not found *** NSPlugin Viewer *** preloader not found nspluginwrapper: libflashplayer.so is not a valid NPAPI plugin

... after installing ia32-libs, ia32-libs-gtk, lib32asound2, and linux32 and logging out, I ran sudo nspluginwrapper -i on libflashplayer.so again and was told ...

*** NSPlugin Viewer *** ERROR: libflashplayer.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory *** NSPlugin Viewer *** ERROR: libflashplayer.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory nspluginwrapper: libflashplayer.so is not a valid NPAPI plugin

Anyone know what's wrong?

[je1117]

hmmm...all I did was install firefox32 (1.5), used the upgrade install to get firefox32 (2.0). I then downloaded the newest flashinstall.tar.gz, and extracted flashplayer.xpt and libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib32/firefox32/plugins.

Java and flash work fine for me.

[NotPhil]

Originally Posted by je1117 hmmm...all I did was install firefox32 [and install the plug-ins.]

So, all I need to do is install the 32-bit version of Firefox? Are you sure it will run on a 64-bit machine?

I only ask because this is my third Linux distribution, and I've had problems with either my video card (which has an NVIDIA instruction set) or my processor (a 64-bit AMD, with a really slow data bus, but I couldn't find anything else at the electronics stores).

I really don't want to go back to a Mac or a Wintel Box, but I'd like to be able to use Flash and Java. I'm sure if I were really patient, Adobe and Sun would come out with 64-bit versions of both of those plug-ins, but I'd rather get them working before the next development cycle comes around.

[pinguin]

Originally Posted by NotPhil ...... Anyone know what's wrong?

Sure you followed step by step my guide?

[pinguin]

Originally Posted by NotPhil So, all I need to do is install the 32-bit version of Firefox? Are you sure it will run on a 64-bit machine? ....

Yes, you can!
You also can install a complete 32bit version of Ubuntu in your 64bit PC.
Or, first of all you can try my guide to install flash plugin in your 64bit PC with Firefox
If it works fine for you.....
bye

[janfsd]

Maybe for stability you should consider installing the flasblock addon, I am using it and so far no crashes because of flash.

[clueless]

This worked like a charm. Finally, flash on my 64bit firefox! Thank you!

[Lowfront]

lowfront@lowfront-x60:~$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk linux32 lib32asound2
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package ia32-libs

[Kilz]

Originally Posted by NotPhil So, all I need to do is install the 32-bit version of Firefox? Are you sure it will run on a 64-bit machine?

Yes, you can install 32bit firefox on a Ubuntu amd64 install. There are howto's that you can follow, as long as you can read then cut and paste its simple. There are also install scripts that can do it for you.