UPDATED, Finally! Adobe releases native 64 bit Flash 10 for Linux
Escrito en febrero 11th, 2010 by Alejandro. Filed under 64-bit, Firefox, Flash, Linux.
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noviembre 17th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Thanks, its very important to do a complete removal of older flash plugin and nsplugin either via Synaptic or through apt-get –purge remove way. Otherwise use Alejandro’s excellent script here.
noviembre 18th, 2008 at 4:54 am
Thanks,
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diciembre 1st, 2008 at 12:47 am
thanks for the tut man … it helped me ..
keep up the good work
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enero 2nd, 2009 at 9:44 pm
This is great and I really enjoy having native 64-bit performance. Thank you!
I had a minor issue with Seamonkey. That browser does not work with the 64-bit flash. I ended up downloading a copy of the 10.0 r15 Flash and copying it to the plugins directory but changed the filename (added ’64′ to the 64-bit version) so that both versions are present in the plugins directory. Now Seamonkey and Firefox are both happy.
It might be a good idea to make a copy of your existing flash as well. I’ve run into one site that does not work properly with either of the version 10 Flash plugins, but many sites that run just fine (and a lot faster).
febrero 4th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
After several tries from a variety of web tips your script worked like a charm. Flash was working fine until just a few days ago. Thanks, it works great now……
febrero 18th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Hi !
I don’t know if you offer “support” trough this web. But… I have Ubuntu 8.4 (64 bits) and that script doesn’t work for me.
I have tried to run it on the two ways but nothing happens. Even if I download the .sh file and execute it as root
What else could it be ? What can I do ?
Thanks !
febrero 23rd, 2009 at 12:32 pm
THX. BRILLIANT. I had endless trouble with the version that comes with 8.10 your script solved it all brilliantly
febrero 28th, 2009 at 9:46 am
on a Turion x64 and Ubuntu 8.04 x64 … did not work
abril 8th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Thank you so much. Tried several other ,ethods but none worked. They would always give me that blank box. Your method makes it run so much better than anything else
abril 21st, 2009 at 9:58 pm
You are my hero. Thanks.
abril 24th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
And full screen problems? Everything but this is ok. Thanks.
mayo 1st, 2009 at 7:02 am
Installed your latest script, but now Gmail wont open (crashes everytime). Think I might uninstall and go back to your old script.
junio 6th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Script worked fine.
But, whenever I open bbc.co.uk/iplayer or gmail firefox crashes.
junio 6th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Seems even with -safe-mode set it seg. faults.
Created a new profile and bing, works fine no crashes on iPlayer.
So solution must be to create a new profile after updating to this flash.
junio 6th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
OK, spoke too soon, still crashes firefox. Using Ubuntu 9.04 on Core2Duo, firefox 3.0.0.10 (adblock plus, downthemall!, googlepreview, xmarks addons).
agosto 2nd, 2009 at 4:54 am
Any chance you will update the script with 10.0.32.18.linux-x86_64.so??
agosto 2nd, 2009 at 7:11 am
Script has been updated to use latest Adobe Flash version 10.0.32.18
septiembre 21st, 2009 at 12:44 am
Thanks for the great article.
I recently upgraded to Firefox 3.5.3 on 64-bit Ubuntu 9.04 and could not get the Flash plugin to work. Thanks to this, I finally got it working.
septiembre 22nd, 2009 at 12:25 am
Done
You may re-start Firefox now and enjoy native 64 bit Flash!
jpruitt@winkypop:~$ firefox&
[1] 23112
Segfault
…
Thanks…
septiembre 30th, 2009 at 9:33 am
Help!
I get this error message when I enter the above code:
matthew@matthew-laptop:~$ tar zxvf libflashplayer-10.0.32.18.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
tar: libflashplayer-10.0.32.18.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
septiembre 30th, 2009 at 11:33 am
Make sure of two things
1) you have downloaded this file, http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplay...
2) You are issuing the "tar zxvf libflashplayer-10.0.32.18.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz" command on the directory where you downloaded the file in #1
You could also, just paste in the terminal (ctrl+shift+v) the following command,
wget http://queleimporta.com/es/downloads/flash10_x64_en…. && sudo chmod +x flash10_x64_en.sh && sudo sh ./flash10_x64_en.sh
octubre 7th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Thought this had not worked after cutting and pasting the command line above. Fire fox crashed! Then remembered reading somewhere that a reboot solved the problem!!!
Add "Do a rebbot!" and the instructions works a treat!
octubre 15th, 2009 at 6:58 am
Thank you for your brief and very useful tutorial.
However I think one thing should be corrected – at least from what I experienced. You imply there are two ways to install the plugin; first (the beginner version) by tar'ing it and simply copying it to the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins folder, or second by using the all-in-one wget command line. When I performed the first way to install it, it didn't work yet instead when I tried to use the wget version it did work. Just want to clear this up because it's implied with the first version that simply copying the shared library to the ….plugins/ folder will simply make it work — can you confirm this is true or not? In my experience this was certainly not true. After further examination of the 'advanced' wget version, might I have been forgetting to change the permissions and subsequently running the shell script? If that is necessary, then I don't think there are two separate ways to do this based on your tutorial – in other words, might there just be one way to do it? I ask because I got stuck on the first version for a bit, consulted with IRC folks, became frustrated and said what the heck, I'll try the wget line and voila! it worked.
Anyways, it'd be great to your analysis/opinion on what I experienced. And lastly, wow ! — no longer dealing with nspluginwrapper is a dream come true!
That process always sucked as I was constantly killing it for behaving badly.
Thank you!
octubre 15th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Both ways are exactly the same, one is completely manual and the other by means of a script.
The manual part was missing one step. (linking the libraries). I have updated the post.
I have also removed the "experienced users" words as I really wasn't trying to imply there was a beginner version.
octubre 25th, 2009 at 1:53 am
Thanks for making my life a little easier. I am new to this system and want to give it a chance. So far people like you make it worth every effort on using this system.
octubre 30th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Alejandro,
The script worked perfectly for me. But Ff 3 and Ff3.5 both crash for me when I used a site (safari books online) that uses the Flash content. It's not stable. After I browse a few pages of an e-book using the plugin, it invariably crashes Firefox! This is a shame. How can a plugin crash the browser?
I am about to redo the Firefox installation.
My environment:
Linux xxxxx 2.6.28-15-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 9 10:48:52 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ firefox -v
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.14, Copyright (c) 1998 – 2009 mozilla.org
octubre 30th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Several people have told me about the crashing. Most of them have also told me that a reboot fixes that. I don't know why, but you could certainly try that to see if it helps.
noviembre 5th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
You're a legend since there was no libflash.so for 64 bits.
noviembre 17th, 2009 at 1:30 am
Worked perfectly. Thanks!
enero 8th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
Thank you so much. Having tried and tried various other "solutions" that didn't work – using the "wget" one seems to have done the job.
Thanks again.
marzo 5th, 2010 at 12:19 am
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marzo 5th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
great, thanks for this blogpost!
just went from 32 to 64 bit ubuntu karmic – meaning i have fresh install so i had to mkdir /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins manually. and i suppose it was reason why your automatic script didnt work(?) could need a little fix
marzo 5th, 2010 at 10:44 pm
yes, thanks very much. i was able to use flash before, but was not able to use MLB.com's audio stream. this enabled me to do so, but now audio doesn't work with flash (youtube, mlb.com, games, etc.). so, you got me halfway there.
marzo 20th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Thank you very much! i
t's the first time i'm using linux and i was in panic with youtube!
Now it is running well!
marzo 26th, 2010 at 3:38 am
Works like a charm, thx Bro.
marzo 27th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
I just installed the most recent version from your script, the script installs fine and works, but when I got to the website for Hulu and try to watch a video it tells me that adobe flash for 64bit linux has software restrictions and it wont play.
marzo 29th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
a reboot usualy fixes that.
marzo 29th, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Sorry, I'm outside the US and cannot acces HULU.com. The error you describe is specific to hulu.com
marzo 29th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
that is odd. even a fresh install should have the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory. But i will look more into it.
marzo 29th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Latest version should fix that
abril 6th, 2010 at 8:54 am
Brave Maestro!
abril 7th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
Thank you so much for this very useful tutorial. I just migrated from Lucid 32 bit to Lucid 64 bit. Your tutorial really helped me out! All is now working beautifully!
abril 7th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
You are welcome
abril 18th, 2010 at 5:47 am
BIG MISTAKE! It is a big mistake to assume, that flash plugin or the web browsers in common are the only applications for nspluginwrapper.
It can be needed even for the use of some non-native hardware drivers etc. There is NO NEED to uninstall it because the Flash plugin can be used by the browsers without the use of nspluginwrapper and without the need to unistall it if it is needed for some other purpose.
abril 19th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
Thank you so much. You have made what was a nightmare a much more enjoyable experience.
mayo 1st, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Thanks so much for this. I was starting to get frustrated at having to repair Flash Player again.
julio 20th, 2010 at 3:26 am
Ok, Alejandro has it right. Removing nsplugginwrapper and any flash pkgs via Synaptic then running:
$ wget http://queleimporta.com/es/downloads/flash10_x64_en…. && sudo chmod +x flash10_x64_en.sh && sudo sh ./flash10_x64_en.sh
..gets Flash 10 working on Hardy like a charm. I'm running FF 3.6.6 so not sure if this will work on previous versions, but if I had to guess, I'd bet it would. I've been trying for months to get this running – excellent job, kudos and many thanks Alejandro.
- Scribe
julio 26th, 2010 at 1:21 am
thanks really