Install flashplayer
Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04)
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
or follow the instructions in Multimedia and DVDs in Ubuntu
Ubuntu dapper drake
Adobe has now released flash player 9 for Linux so the flash 7 installer in both Dapper and Edgy no longer works.There are two methods for installing flash on Ubuntu, both complicated.
Method 1 - apt-get
- bring up a terminal
- "sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list"
- uncomment the line for dapper-backports
- close nano, saving the file
- "sudo apt-get update"
- "sudo apt-get install -t dapper-backports flashplugin-nonfree"
Method 2 - download the tar.gz file
Browse to http://www.adobe.com
click on Get Adobe Flashplayer
click the Download .tar.gz file link (You have read the user agreement, right?)
save to disk. In Ubuntu Dapper, this will be /home/<your user name>/Desktop. Other systems may download to /home/<your user name> by default.
open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+t)
"cd Desktop" (on an Ubuntu box)
type tar -xvzf ins and then hit the tab key. The line then should look something like "tar -xvzf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz".
Hit enter. This should result in a series of filenames being typed on the screen as the package is extracted.
enter cd install_flash_player_9_linux
enter sudo ./flashplayer-installer
follow the prompts. When it asks what browser to install it for, select m or a
for the root install, the path for firefox on Ubuntu Dapper is /usr/lib/firefox
the path on Ubuntu Hardy is /usr/lib/firefox-3.0
you should now have flash installed on your freekbox. Open a browser and go to http://youtube.com to test it.
Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon
To install the flash player all by its lonesome, open Synaptic (System -> Administration -> Synaptic) and search all repositories for flashplugin-nonfree. Install it!
To enable flash, java, a few video formats, some special fonts, and MP3 playback all at once, use Synaptic to install ubuntu-restricted-formats. You'll need to agree to abide by any licenses attached to the software.
For more information on installing the software to enable and using non-free formats on your Ubuntu system, visit the Ubuntu page on Restricted Formats.