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package manager downloaded adobe-flash plugin version 10 but it wil not activate

Asked by Roger Warburton

This downloaded in december but just sits in the background but will not activate or go live it has not loaded on to the programs

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

adobe-flashplugin is not to be used and will most likely cause issues.

Can you give the output of:

dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnash; dpkg -l | grep swf

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Roger Warburton (r-j-warby) said : 		#2

As requested

ii adobe-flashplugin
10.0.32.18-1jaunty1 Adobe Flash Player plugin version
10
ii flashplugin-installer
10.0.45.2ubuntu0.9.04.1 Adobe Flash Player plugin
installer
ii flashplugin-nonfree
10.0.45.2ubuntu0.9.04.1 Adobe Flash Player plugin
installer (transit

Thanks

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Yep you have fallen into the usual trap and installed a tonne of packages. This makes them conflict and you get nothing (or issues)

This command will get you righted:

sudo apt-get --purge remove adobe-flashplugin flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove; sudo apt-get clean; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

If you use a 64bit Ubuntu there is a 64bit flash plugin you can use but the above command will work on all architectures.

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Roger Warburton (r-j-warby) said : 		#4

Thank You

On 19 February 2010 15:59, actionparsnip <
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> Your question #101600 on Ubuntu changed:
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> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Yep you have fallen into the usual trap and installed a tonne of
> packages. This makes them conflict and you get nothing (or issues)
>
> This command will get you righted:
>
> sudo apt-get --purge remove adobe-flashplugin flashplugin-installer
> flashplugin-nonfree; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove; sudo apt-get
> clean; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
>
> If you use a 64bit Ubuntu there is a 64bit flash plugin you can use but
> the above command will work on all architectures.
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Roger Warburton (r-j-warby) said : 		#5

Many thanks that solved my problem