Adobe Flash 10.3 Beta Install Tutorial on Ubuntu with Firefox

[gogogovegan1]

thank you! very helpful for noobs in ubuntu. hasta luego!

[JohnWighty]

hey having a problem with the install.

when i try to delete the original outdated libflashplayer.so file it tells me i do not have the permisions to do so as im not the owner :(

how can i change permisions on this folder to allow me to delete this file?

its located in the /usr/lib/flash-plugin folder if that makes it easier to make a terminal code, thanksssss, im too stupid for this :(

[bobdotexe]

can i use the linux32 program to run this (with 32bit firefox)

[fataustinpowers]

Thanks for the help

[willlisawsom]

wouldent it also make sense to backup the usr directory before installing native control panel

[Arceusdude222]

Awesome vid, as always, the 2 tech shows on Youtube I watch are:

OSGUI Tech Show and TWIL... both are great for us Linux users.

[martinjacobd]

Interesting; I run 64-bit Debian and Firefox 4.0 (64-bit home-build). I just checked my add-ons and it said that I was running Flash 10.3. So apparently Debian knows something we don't...

[willlisawsom]

you know you could always make a backup of the usr directory before install the control launcher

[rulet357]

... :) And after this I've deleted Google Chrome, because there is no so good support of extensions in Chrome as in Firefox.

[rulet357]

Deleted Firefox, there is no problem with flesh on google chrome, and there is no need to instal flash plugin on chrome, its already included.

And fonts in broser to me is better.

[Lynnc83]

OMG THIS WAS VERY USEFULL

[thisweekinlinux]

@99RcM8 like I said, it's a numbering conflict. Not sure if it's just Arch that has that issue, or if it's a Square thing.

[thisweekinlinux]

@99RcM8 well, "10.3" on 64-bit is actually 10.2, because they had named the 64-bit square release "10.2" before releasing it, something like that, if I remember correctly.

[FearedBliss]

New intro I see (Words)

[thisweekinlinux]

@FearedBliss just trying something new out. :P

[martinjacobd]

You don't have to have a 32-bit system, you just have to have a 32-bit browser

[thisweekinlinux]

@martinjacobd hm. I guess that's another way of doing it. :P

[Locke99GS]

@thisweekinlinux It'll work on 64bit OS and Browser with npwrapper, also.

[Zeadar]

kde/dolphin users hit Alt+. (dot) for hidden files

[thisweekinlinux]

@Zeadar great tip, thanks!

[america0014]

I like the interaction part. Not a whole lot of ppl speak nix now-a-days. But terminal FTW!! Great job on the video and very well narrated and it's very easy to go through. Wish you were around when I first was starting Linux/Unix! To bad though that it's a file and not a package...if it were a package, we (the 64bit cool kids) could have did a force install through dpkg. Oh well my flash is rigged up nicely on my 64bit machine :P Anyways very, very good video Jordan! Thanks!

[thisweekinlinux]

@america0014 well, even if it were a package, it would probably still just be copying the libflashplayer.so file out there for you, and it's not designed to work natively on 64-bit.

[america0014]

@thisweekinlinux Yeah, the flash package I'm using is only natively suppose to work on a 32. But some force installiing and creating a addititional file in the /etc/ seems to work awesomely. I'm happy

[MDxm3000]

Also, you forgot to mention you can press tab to auto-complete the filenames most of the times in the terminal :)

[thisweekinlinux]

@MDxm3000 I did indeed forget, oops. ;P

[ElliotFriend]

Don't know if you're a YouTube Partner; if so, you may be interested in YouTube NextUp program. Just Google it.

[Metal404Head]

@ElliotFriend He's not, but his awesome beard is. :D

[thisweekinlinux]

@ElliotFriend I hadn't heard about it yet, thanks for pointing it out!

[Whizard72]

Jordan, the way that I personally do it is to untar the flash package into a dir like /opt/flash. Then, I delete the existing symlink from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins and make a symlink to /opt/flash/libflashplugin.so. I also delete the /usr/lib/firefox/plugins dir and make a symlink to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. The results of the way I do it is that chromium, opera and firefox all use it.

[thisweekinlinux]

@Whizard72 that sounds like a great way to do it too. :)

[TeruMikami2345]

which distro is that in the background? The right behind u. I wanna say arch

[thisweekinlinux]

@TeruMikami2345 definitely Arch. :)

[TeruMikami2345]

@thisweekinlinux awesomness, is it easy to use?

and Btw, i have this computer that has a 10GB HDD and 128MB ram, i was thinking of installing Bohdi Linux on it, is it a good idea? And the Original OS is Windows 2K, and doesnt read wifi without a PCMCIA card, but i need one compatable with apparently Ubuntu since thats what Bohdi is built on

[Shakez76]

Ok that was sweet! Choosing terminal or graphics install. Thumbs up Jordan!

[simonwessel]

Excellent production. I especially liked the interactive touch. Keep it up! :)

[qadison]

My flash player crashed while watching this video...

[qadison]

FANTASTIC VIDEO!!!

[deepeyes001]

I don't understand why Adobe has this hatred for 64 bit linux ? is n't it always that 64 bit linux users are redirected to some other page for downloads ?

[NetraAmorosi]

Does this mean with 10.3 Beta I could finally use my webcam on places like stickam??

[thisweekinlinux]

@NetraAmorosi you should have been able to already, you just needed to go to the Adobe site and change your security settings. I meant to make a video about that a LONG time ago, but never did.

[NetraAmorosi]

@thisweekinlinux Actually Secuirty is set to always allow but my privacy options and options dealing with webcam are greyed out, it works fine for skype, in UVC and Cheese, but don't won't work for websites at all...even if its microphone will...

[thisweekinlinux]

@NetraAmorosi With 10.2 and earlier, I just googled "flash website privacy", went to the first link (it's a page on Adobe's site) found the site I was trying to work with, and set it to "always allow", then click on the "website storage settings" panel, find the site you're looking for,a nd give it Unlimited storage.

[NetraAmorosi]

@thisweekinlinux Didn't work, webcam is still not responding for the website. And the three privacy options are still greyed out and won't hold any selections.

[NetraAmorosi]

@thisweekinlinux however with that said, checking out swift-tools *dot* net *slash* Flashcam

[larasa007]

@thisweekinlinux hi Jordan, I too be using stickam with cam for a long time now, but is there any app that will let you use your cam on yahoo? i know i tried a few things but nothing worked too good with cam support and chat rooms. What's your suggestion?

[thisweekinlinux]

@larasa007 I've never actually tried to do that, so I'm not sure. I remember someone mentioning an app called Gyache or Gyachi, something like that, before.

[thisweekinlinux]

@Motosuna1982 awesome, thanks for the info!

[emiel1976ep]

How do I ibstall it in Chrome?

Must I make the same folder as in FireFox? (Grafical way)

[thisweekinlinux]

@emiel1976ep If you open Chrome, type "about:plugins" in the URL bar, then click "Details on the right, it will show you where it's installed. I just checked my Chromium at home, and it shows it's in the mozilla directory, but not in the home folder. It's possible if you don't have flashplayer installed already and you follow these instructions, it might just work for you, but Chrome is supposed to come with flash in it now, so I'm not sure.

[miasmablk]

piece of crap 32 bit computing ahhhh!!!!

[hartcompserv]

I wonder why there is nobody commenting about the "media measurement".

This "feature" might allow mom (not likely) to see that you've been watching pr0n.

[hartcompserv]

Not too many people seem to notice the danger of the "Media Measurement" "feature". Watch out kiddies, mommy might find out you've been watching pr0n.

[thisweekinlinux]

@hartcompserv that's a good point. I was looking at it more from the content provider point of view. hm.

Might be a good subject for a vlog. :P

[thejoesteiger]

Oh man. Please teach me how to do the transitions. Is it pan and zoom? I couldn't get it to work.

[thisweekinlinux]

@thejoesteiger yeah, it was all pan and zoom. you just have to set keyframes whenever you want to move something.

I might have to make a tutorial about it, though arthursucks did a while back.

[thejoesteiger]

@thisweekinlinux Yes, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do a video on it. I saw arthursuck's video on it a while back. He lost me. Plus all the settings looked different on my Kdenlive. I don't know if he was using a different version or what.

[matson36]

Flash-aid works brilliant too :)

[thisweekinlinux]

@matson36 haven't tried that yet...

[LordBas2]

Isn't it possible to install Adobe Flash on a 64 bit system with nspluginwrapper?

I really hope that webm will be replacing Adobe Flash as soon as possible. Adobe Flash is just plain crap, a.k.a 'crashware'. 9/10 times I have to refresh the page in order to see the video (10.2 64 bit).

Just a tip: it is good to promote your channel/website, but do not overdo it.

[thisweekinlinux]

@LordBas2 yeah, that might work as well (nspluginwrapper).

I do understand not to overdo the promotion. I've done this for over a year now, and this is one of the few times I've even mentioned thumbs up/favorite/subscribe. I put it at the end, but most people click off before that.

[pCole951]

I installed Flash 10.3 before this video, but thanks for helping me with the "usr" directory! 10.3 is a little buggy and crashes still, but not as often as 10.2.

[thisweekinlinux]

@pCole951 the native panel is actually the answer to a lot of peoples' questions. I don't know how many times I've been asked how I got my webcam/mic working for live streaming.

[Milan123987]

thank you for this awesome tutorial.

[thisweekinlinux]

Btw, this video was uploaded yesterday (3/17), and it seems no one has noticed the hidden annotation. :P

[Radu287]

nice t-shirt

[thisweekinlinux]

@Radu287 thank you. :) One of the first ones I bought for TWIL.

[thisweekinlinux]

@xpawnrip you're very welcome. :P

[jbasniakgm112]

Peppy Heir*

[jbasniakgm112]

You remind me of Pepper from star fox... hahahaha

[thisweekinlinux]

@jbasniakgm112 oh really?

[jbasniakgm112]

@thisweekinlinux I meant Peppy, heheheh. It's the goatee, man. It reminds me of Peppy's avatar from Star Fox. No offense intended. It's technically a compliment since Peppy's awesome.

[thisweekinlinux]

@ColourMK7 agreed entirely. As soon as "Square" became available, I stopped using nspluginwrapper entirely (since all of my systems are 64-bit)

[duminicad]

happy to see that someone is actually doing something helpful for people with less experience in Linux, cheers mate!!

[thisweekinlinux]

@duminicad thanks a lot! I like making tutorials like this, too.

[adypunk]

That was great, I have seen so many video tutorials regarding different software, plug-ins etc. However this was one of the best ive seen. Loved the interactive element and how easy it was to follow. Maybe you should consider a separate tutorial channel?

[thisweekinlinux]

@adypunk It sounds like a great idea, at first, but another channel would just complicate things further. :P

[gillipong]

Brilliant vid mate!

[thisweekinlinux]

@gillipong thanks, man!

[7715z]

I WANT YOUR T-SHIRT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thisweekinlinux]

@7715z it's available, and relatively inexpensive! twil.spreadshirt. com (link at the top of the YouTube channels and the top of thisweekinlinux. com

[swathepocalypse]

The voice over rather than using mic input while screencasting worked really well dude!

[thisweekinlinux]

@swathepocalypse I'm glad. :) It was a bit more difficult to do it this way, but I really liked the way it turned out.

[thisweekinlinux]

@mehine2 just got a chance to watch it. The 64-bit version is called 10.3, but it's not the same, sadly. From reading Adobe's site, it sounds like two different branches:

"Flash Player 10.3 will not have 64-bit support. Support for 64-bit operating systems and web browsers on Linux, Mac OS, and Windows is currently available in the Flash Player "Square" preview release on Adobe Labs."

[dkbe1983]

Hey! I think what your doing is great! You and Phoronix is my main channels for linux news :)

Also a question! Have you ever thought about doing this with a friend so the workload would be lighter?

[Nicekiwi9]

@dkbe1983 aka split the cash :P

[thisweekinlinux]

@dkbe1983 I've thought about it, but never nailed anything down. There are a few people locally I'd love to bring on camera with me, but I live so far away from most of my friends, and everyone has kids/jobs/etc., so it's just difficult to arrange.

[TheMeanEYE]

I've opted for third option. Not to install it at all. :) Just got a new laptop yesterday and decided to try and use it without Flash and other stuff.

[thisweekinlinux]

@TheMeanEYE that's definitely an option, though it will make watching a lot of videos here on YT very difficult.

[TheMeanEYE]

@thisweekinlinux MiniTube ftw <3

[THEKINGOFEUR0PE]

Going through my helpdesk calls listening to this video.

Drinking coffee.

Quite a pleasent distraction :)

[thisweekinlinux]

@THEKINGOFEUR0PE nice. :P

[theboogymaster]

I have a little tip for you.. when you do stuff like create a directory and then you need to put something in that directory you can do 'it like this :

mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins

co libflashplayer.so $_

and that will take the last variable that you used in the terminal with is the directory that you created. And this will help you type faster in the terminal.

[thisweekinlinux]

@theboogymaster that's an awesome tip, thanks!

[SubaruSumeragiX1999]

so, any word on when the beta will be an NOT beta? official release date announced?

[thisweekinlinux]

@SubaruSumeragiX1999 nothing official announced yet, sorry.

[sephirothsoul999]

64bit ubuntu users like myself want a new flash already lol It hasn't been updated since before christmas :P The sevenmachines ppa is where it's at.

[thisweekinlinux]

@sephirothsoul999 64-bit Linux users want a new flash, not just Ubuntu. :P (I'm an Arch guy, and I'd love a newer version with some nice newer features)

[Rerosku]

It worked perfectly. Thanks a lot man, you are my guru :)

[thisweekinlinux]

@Rerosku woohoo! Congrats, glad it's working for you. How's the performance/crashiness?

[Rerosku]

@thisweekinlinux It's a LOT smoother that 10.2.xxx, no crashes at all... all much more faster. I didn't install the preferences interfate tho.. don't need it and i don't want troubles hehe :D

[inventorOz84]

Does this one support h.264 acceleration on the netbooks with gma500? I recall the flash didn't have any sort of gpu acceleration for linux... ? Anyone?

[aznpeetah]

i like the interactivity :)

[thisweekinlinux]

@aznpeetah me too. :)

[wolvee123]

Ha, Did you say your name at the intro because someone asked it recently in the comments? ..It just seemed different.  Thanks for the new video.

[thisweekinlinux]

@wolvee123 not sure where this intro came from. I was going to put a date on it, but I ended up recording the video twice, on two separate dates, so the second time I decided to just drop the date and introduce myself. I think some part of me did remember someone mentioning it in a comment.

[hackersarchangel]

I tried doing it a slightly different way on my netbook, and it worked for 10.2 but not for 10.3. With 10.3 I did it your way and it worked great.

Now if only I can get the VM to do this lol...

[fanfejao]

I'll keep my 10.1 till it works...updating flash its always a headache...

[bartjoboy]

@fanfejao 10.2 is now in the normal Ubuntu repositories... You should have no trouble installing that one. Also on x64 systems.

[angularsofty]

@suddenobsession Strange, isn't it? I'm not sure if this is the same place you downloaded it, but the SevenMachines PPA has been packaging a "10.3" version since last December. I really don't know how to be sure what Flash codebase we're actually running.

[draoi99]

Why not just replace the libflashplayer.so in ~/.mozilla/plugins? Takes about three seconds.

[thisweekinlinux]

@draoi99 that's pretty much what we did here, but Adobe made a huge deal about saying to uninstall the existing flash player (since it can be, and usually is, somewhere other than the home directory).

[fakaras99]

Nice approach in this video. I think that will be the future for tutorial videos.

[thisweekinlinux]

@fakaras99 thanks. :) I really liked doing it this way, though when I do it again, I'll change it a little (the way I captured the screencast, not the final video so much)

[suddenobsession]

I'm on Ubuntu 10.10 64bit and I'm running flash player 10,3,162,29 according to Adobe. I'm not exactly sure how I got 10.3 but I downloaded the Flash Player "Square" 10.2 for Linux 64bit a couple months ago, and it seems to have updated automatically?

I'd be happy to send the libflashplayer.so for any 64bit users

[thisweekinlinux]

@suddenobsession yeah, 10.3 is actually 10.2 on 64-bit, if I remember correctly. They had an issue with version numbering and renamed it, I think. This is a different version, with some new features Square doesn't have.

[shouldnotseeme]

Well I think that makes me second right? XD

[ShinWMC]

First!