installing flash plugin

[chandanreddy]

Hi everyone,

In firefox,I want to open a .swf(flash) file
the browser is downloading the file instead of running it.Then I come to know that I have to install flash plugin for that.How can i insatll it on my laptop(ubuntu 11.04).

please help me .......

[hansdown]

Welcome yo the forum, chandanreddy.

Use synaptic package manager, or software center.

Enter,


flashplugin-installer

[chandanreddy]

thanks for the replay . . . .

I have already installed it. But I can't use it .

Can you please help me . . .

[Closrapexa]

Try installing it not as a standalone package, but as part of the Ubuntu restricted extras package, available through the Software Center

[chandanreddy]

i have installed through software center only,but i can't use it.

[crazy bird]

Found this site on the internet and this migth help you by the looks of it. Especially this page: https://sites.google.com/site/tipsandtricksforubuntu/how-to-add-multimedia

[3v3rgr33n]

i have installed through software center only,but i can't use it.


I'm also facing the same problem, I got it installed but firefox is giving me grief when tryna view vids on youtube. I removed it and reinstalled a bunch of times; still didnt work.

[Frogs Hair]

I would give this a try , I works well for many people .https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flash-aid/

[chandanreddy]

I would give this a try , I works well for many people .https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flash-aid/


i have installed that flash-aid plug-in but it repeats the same .