[CoLoCo] x86_64 flash installer buggered

Carl J. Richell carl at system76.com
Tue Dec 25 19:36:35 GMT 2007


----- "Jim Hutchinson" <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org> wrote:
> On 12/25/07, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu> wrote:
> > The nonfree flash installer & wrapper is broken on x64. 
> > Apparently, Adobe updated the file without changing the name, 
> > so the download runs,
> > but the md5sum of the downloaded file no longer matches, and the
> > installer wisely quits.
> 
> I think this (or similar) is a known bug. I think there is a fix in
> the works but who knows when. There are a ton of bugs related to
> flash
> so I'm not sure which one is "the" one, but I've seen a fair amount
> of
> traffic about it.

This bug describes the details and has a fixed debian available.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/173890/comments/26



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