[SOLVED] Flash not working, need help with installing it.

Istanbul_Lfc · 01-05-2008, 07:05 AM

hi.

i have recently installed Ubuntu 7.10 and im on the internet. when i try to watch a video on youtube it says i need to install Flash player so i clicked the link and get this screen. (SCREENSHOT). I'm new to Linux so i haven't a clue what option to pick so i chose Option 1. Once downloaded i made it open with the default program and got this txt file type screen with multi-coloured codes.
I don't know whether this means its installed but i went back to youtube and Firefox prompted me to install these plugins so i tried both and got this error. (SCREENSHOT1).

Please help.

Skie · 01-05-2008, 09:22 AM

Click on Applications, then Add/Remove at the bottom. Search for Flash and install "Macromedia Flash plugin". If this doesn't work, we'll do it the manual way.

Istanbul_Lfc · 01-05-2008, 01:39 PM

I searched for flash and it only came up with Movie Player which is already installed.

Skie · 01-06-2008, 08:43 AM

Forgot one step. When you open up the Add/Remove Applications program, you need to select what time of software you want to install. By default, only free, open source software can be installed. If you don't mind installing non free, non open source software, then click on Preferences at the lower left corner of the window. From the first tab, in the downloadable from the internet section, make sure all options are checked. From the Third Party tab, check all options as well. Click close, it'll ask you to reload, do so. After this, try searching for Flash again.

Istanbul_Lfc · 02-03-2008, 02:50 PM

I scrapped Ubuntu and gone to Fedora 8 and so far no problems. Thank you for all your help.

01-05-2008, 09:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
Skie Manager, Alternative Comp Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Chicago burbs Posts: 2,194 OS: Gentoo Linux, CentOS, OS X My System	Re: Flash not working, need help with installing it. Click on Applications, then Add/Remove at the bottom. Search for Flash and install "Macromedia Flash plugin". If this doesn't work, we'll do it the manual way. __________________

01-05-2008, 01:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
Istanbul_Lfc Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 166 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows Server 2003, Ubuntu 9.04 Server My System	Re: Flash not working, need help with installing it. I searched for flash and it only came up with Movie Player which is already installed. __________________ Free No Ad Web Hosting - 100GB Bandwidth, 1.5GB Disk Space, Free Domain or host your own and all powered by cPanel. 000webhost.com/188165.html

01-06-2008, 08:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
Skie Manager, Alternative Comp Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Chicago burbs Posts: 2,194 OS: Gentoo Linux, CentOS, OS X My System	Re: Flash not working, need help with installing it. Forgot one step. When you open up the Add/Remove Applications program, you need to select what time of software you want to install. By default, only free, open source software can be installed. If you don't mind installing non free, non open source software, then click on Preferences at the lower left corner of the window. From the first tab, in the downloadable from the internet section, make sure all options are checked. From the Third Party tab, check all options as well. Click close, it'll ask you to reload, do so. After this, try searching for Flash again. __________________

02-03-2008, 02:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
Istanbul_Lfc Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 166 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows Server 2003, Ubuntu 9.04 Server My System	Re: Flash not working, need help with installing it. I scrapped Ubuntu and gone to Fedora 8 and so far no problems. Thank you for all your help. __________________ Free No Ad Web Hosting - 100GB Bandwidth, 1.5GB Disk Space, Free Domain or host your own and all powered by cPanel. 000webhost.com/188165.html