[GTALUG] Ubuntu need Adobe Flash?

[Marcelo Cavalcante]

2014-12-19 12:01 GMT-03:00 Alex Volkov <avolkov at gmail.com>:
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> Hey Marcello,
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> I had the same problem with a debian system.
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> You are using an outdated version of flash, you can still watch flash by
> clicking on 'allow' but you should really upgrade.
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> The main issue here is that, flash player is not licenced by default and
> not packaged. The software that installs it on your system is called
> flashplugin-nonfree, but for whatever reason package maintainers decided
> not to bump its version number to force everyone to upgrade.
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>  You need to reinstall flashplugin-nonfree or flashplugin-installer
> however it is called in ubuntu, by running "aptitude reinstall
> flashplugin-nonfree" which you did. However, End-of-life of Ubuntu 12.10
> was reached on May 16 this year --
> http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2014/05/17/ubuntu-12-10-quantal-quetzal-end-of-life-reached-on-may-16-2014/
> So security repository is no longer active.
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> This is the point where I, as all other people in the list would recommend
> you to upgrade to the latest Ubuntu LTS release, however if you want to
> just fix this problem, keep reading.
>
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> Open terminal, type
> $sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
> enter a password if asked
>
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> Comment out all lines that contain security.ubuntu.com.
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> Then run aptitude updated && aptitude reinstall flashplugin-installer.
>
> You should be good to go.
>
> Alex.
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> On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 12:49 AM, Chris Aitken <chris at chrisaitken.net>
> wrote:
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>>  Hi,
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>> I haven't posted here for years. I guess Ubuntu has been working well for
>> me, so I haven't had the need.
>>
>> I can't play videos on the Internet. I get an error that ...
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>> "Firefox has prevented the outdated plugin "Adobe Flash" from running on
>> youtube.com."
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>> I get similar errors (that Adobe Flash needs updating) from other sites -
>> fo instance trying to play videos Posted on facebook.
>>
>> My Firefox is 29.0 Mozilla Firefox for Ubuntu canonical - 1.0
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>> I'm running Ubuntu 12.10.
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>> I tried to install in this way ...
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>> chris at owner-HP-Compaq-dc5750-Small-Form-Factor:~$ sudo apt-get install fashplugin-nonfree
>> [sudo] password for chris:
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree
>> Reading state information... Done
>> E: Unable to locate package fashplugin-nonfree
>> chris at owner-HP-Compaq-dc5750-Small-Form-Factor:~$ ^C
>> chris at owner-HP-Compaq-dc5750-Small-Form-Factor:~$
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>> I thought re-installing Firefox might bring with it updates, but it seems
>> I already have the latest version ...
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>> chris at owner-HP-Compaq-dc5750-Small-Form-Factor:~$ sudo apt-get install
>> firefox
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree
>> Reading state information... Done
>> firefox is already the newest version.
>> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
>> required:
>>   linux-headers-3.5.0-17 linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic suckless-tools
>> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
>> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>> chris at owner-HP-Compaq-dc5750-Small-Form-Factor:~$
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>> I tried the gui Synaptic Package Manager, which offered the hope that ...
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>> flashplugin-installer (version 11.2.202.359ubuntu0.12.10.1) will be
>> re-installed
>>
>> No such luck ...
>>
>> W: Failed to fetch
>> http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/f/flashplugin-nonfree/flashplugin-installer_11.2.202.359ubuntu0.12.10.1_i386.deb
>>   404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
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>> Also, I tried Epiphany, to see if the problem is system-wide or
>> browser-specific. I got similar errors trying to play videos.
>>
>> Sigh.
>>
>> Any ideas?
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>> I'm off to be soon, but I'll stay up for a little while, in case anyone
>> is online.
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>> Chris Aitken
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I really don´t suggest to keep using this outdated version of Flash
pressing the "Allow" button. Flash player is known to have many many bugs
in it´s stable and current versions.. so, imagine an outdated version. ;]
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