installing latest 64bit adobe flash on 9.10 for chrome browser

[northwestuntu]

does anyone have some info on installing the 64bit version of flash for google chrome. can i just uninstall the old flash from software center?

thanks

[northwestuntu]

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[JamesParnell]

I thought that google chrome was a dev release with no plugin support?

[Martin Marshalek]

I recently found this PPA and it's great for flash player on 64 bit. Firs, you need to remove the 32bit wrapped plugin by running the command(s):

sudo apt-get -y purge mozilla-plugin-gnash
sudo apt-get -y purge swfdec-mozilla
sudo apt-get -y purge flashplugin-nonfree
sudo rm -rfd /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/libflashplayer.so
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/npwrapper*flash*so

...and you'll probably want to throw in apt-get autoremove after that too.

Then go into the terminal and type:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sevenmachines/flash

.

Then, either use synaptic or the terminal to install flashplugin64-installer.

I use this and can verify that the updated Google Chrome works with this as it installs the same way as the 32 bit one, just using the alpha from adobe labs.

PS: Don't remove any of the nspluginwrapper things if you have adobe reader or something like that installed.
PSS: I would assume you are running Karmic, right? If not you wont be able to use this PPA and you will need to use the script from the first post in the Adobe Flash thread in x86-64 section of the forums.

[tom.swartz07]

I recently found this PPA and it's great for flash player on 64 bit. Firs, you need to remove the 32bit wrapped plugin by running the command(s):

sudo apt-get -y purge mozilla-plugin-gnash
sudo apt-get -y purge swfdec-mozilla
sudo apt-get -y purge flashplugin-nonfree
sudo rm -rfd /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/libflashplayer.so
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/npwrapper*flash*so

...and you'll probably want to throw in apt-get autoremove after that too.

Then go into the terminal and type:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sevenmachines/flash

.

Then, either use synaptic or the terminal to install flashplugin64-installer.

I use this and can verify that the updated Google Chrome works with this as it installs the same way as the 32 bit one, just using the alpha from adobe labs.

PS: Don't remove any of the nspluginwrapper things if you have adobe reader or something like that installed.
PSS: I would assume you are running Karmic, right? If not you wont be able to use this PPA and you will need to use the script from the first post in the Adobe Flash thread in x86-64 section of the forums.

This post seems to be fairly valid, albeit a few little tweaks that you will have do do for your system.

Could you specify if you have the flashplugin-installer or ubuntu-restricted-extras packages installed?

I installed both of those packages, and chrome worked great right from the get-go.

[fooman]

64 bit karmic + chrome + ubuntu-restricted-extras and flash just works for me.

[oldos2er]

If you already have flash installed, copy libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins

[northwestuntu]

If you already have flash installed, copy libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins

so i should be able to download the latest version of 64bit flash and copy that to the directory?

[northwestuntu]

like from here
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

[clhsharky]

HI

This is the new 64bit flash
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/l...6_64.so.tar.gz

extract to ~/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
chrome will look at this location, firefox all so.


Sharky