Saturday, May 1, 2010

Flash Player on Ubuntu

For installing Flash Player on Ubuntu Linux (8.04+) with Mozilla Firefox 3.6+
Alternate methods are available, but this script makes installation very easy.
  • Download the file attached and extract it. (Get64bitFlash-0.2.3.tar.gz)
  • Close all browsers.
  • Run the script as using sudo.
  • Restart Firefox.
  • Verify the plugin under add-ons tab.
Note:  This script downloads a file from the Adobe Web site. If there is any errors while running the script, do this.
  • Download the Flash plugin file. (Alternate: Link)
  • Move the tar file to /tmp/plugintall
  • Download and run the modified script. (Get64bitFlash)

Source: Source