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mRuNB
August 8th, 2009, 09:35 AM
Dear community,

i am a new ubuntu user and i use in my HP mini 2140 the netbook remix of the lastest version of ubuntu. I have done all updates from the update manager and also i have installed the latest version of swf plugin,using the Synaptic Package manager, 0.8.2. But, once i visited pages like Myspace.com and youtube.com the Flash player was unable to play the files. Later i visited the plugin's page and discovered that there are 2 later versions(0.8.4) of the one i have installed. I'm talking about swfdec plugin and it's website is http://swfdec.freedesktop.org/ .

Then, i downloaded the latest version of the plugin but i wasn't able to install it. I decompressed the .tar.gz in which the new version was and 'oups'!! How to install it?

So, my problem has 2 sides.

1. Is there any way to get and install the newer version of swfdec-mozilla plugin from the Synaptic Package Manager directly?

2. Anyone can help me install the new version manually. Here is a picture of the files i downloaded:

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2852/swfdec084.png

Hope someone can help a noobie!

Thanks :)
Partyboi2
August 8th, 2009, 10:40 AM
If you don't mind using the unstable version (0.9.2) you could add this (https://launchpad.net/%7Eswfdec-team/+archive/ppa) 3rd party repo.
mRuNB
August 8th, 2009, 11:40 AM
I installed what you've told me! Youtube is improved but still sucks. Myspace.com still as it was.

Anyone can tell me how to install the new version of swf plugin for firefox? The one in the screenshot!

Thanks:)
presence1960
August 8th, 2009, 12:08 PM
actually you don't need swfdec. basically it is terrible anyway. remove it and then install flash like this: open a terminal and run this command
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree or go to adobe (http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?promoid=BUIGP) and download the deb file if you are running 32 bit Ubuntu.

or if you are running 64 bit Ubuntu see here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=772490)

First be sure to remove all instances of flash you currently have installed such as swfdec, gnash, etc.