[CoLoCo] x86_64 flash installer buggered

David L. Willson DLWillson at TheGeek.NU
Tue Dec 25 23:10:15 GMT 2007


> > > 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
> 
Thanks, Carl.  I installed the home-brewed package mentioned in that
response, and I have nonfree flash again.  Jim, I am looking forward to
gnash hitting the "works well enough on most things" quality level.
After running it for several weeks; I have to admit it's not quite there
yet.




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