Firefox 3.6.6 Update problem

[Karl Larsen]

On 07/08/2010 12:47 PM, Tarun Khanna wrote:
> what version of Ubuntu are you running?

     I am using version 10.04 fully updated today.

73 Karl

>
> Thanks,
> Tarun
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Karl Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:klarsen1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 07/08/2010 07:40 AM, Tarun Khanna wrote:
>>     Try the following on a command line. Adobe flash plugin is now installed from the repositories. The following works on 10.04 Ubuntu.
>>
>>
>>     What version of Ubuntu do you have?
>>
>>
>>     echo "Removing previous installs of flash:"
>>     sudo apt-get remove -y --purge flashplugin-nonfree gnash gnash-common mozilla-plugin-gnash swfdec-mozilla libflashsupport nspluginwrapper
>>
>>
>>     sudo rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/*flash*
>>     sudo rm -f ~/.mozilla/plugins/*flash*
>>     sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/*flash*
>>     sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/*flash*
>>     sudo rm -rfd /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper
>>
>>
>>
>>     echo "Installing Adobe Flash Plugin:"
>>     sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin
>         Hi Tarun thanks for the super instructions! I got to the last
>     and that failed. It appears the Ubuntu name has changed. I used
>     "adobe-flashplugin" and it complained "no such thing" but said it
>     was close to something they have.
>
>     All the sudo rm appeared to work. When I went back to the web page
>     it didn't show the thing to click on but allowed me to d/l the
>     whole mp3 file Which I did and watched it on my Good VLC vieo
>     player :-)
>
>     I guess a new name for the adobe-flashplugin is reuired.
>
>
>     73 Karl
>
>
>
>
>>
>>     Tarun
>>
>>
>>     On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 9:16 AM, pete <peter.smout at o2.co.uk
>>     <mailto:peter.smout at o2.co.uk>> wrote:
>>
>>         On 08/07/10 13:20, Karl Larsen wrote:
>>         >
>>         >       I don't have the Thunderbird to Firefox problem. My
>>         problem is this:
>>         >
>>         > I had the old Firefox 3.0 fixed with updates I was offered
>>         when I tried
>>         > to view a Utube movie and it did not work. Over a few weeks
>>         I had it
>>         > viewing all Utube and other movies.
>>         >
>>         > One day I got Firefox 3.6.6 by Updates and it seemed to be
>>         fine. But it
>>         > is not fine. For some reason the Update did not give 3.6.6
>>         any of the
>>         > drivers allowing me to display movies. Further, when I try
>>         to display a
>>         > Utube movie it does not display the movie and it doesn't
>>         offer any
>>         > updates to fix the problem.
>>         >
>>         >        What happened to all those drivers?
>>         >
>>         >
>>         > 73 Karl
>>         >
>>         Hi Karl,
>>
>>         Not an expert but when doing a fresh install of 64bit lucid
>>         for my
>>         friend the other day, we had to install flash from the
>>         software centre
>>         (not adobe but swf flash plugin I think)
>>
>>         you may want to try reinstalling or changing your flash plugin
>>
>>         good luck
>>
>>         Pete
>>
>>
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