[GTALUG] Ubuntu need Adobe Flash?

[Alex Volkov]

Running "aptitude reinstall flashplayer-installer" installs an up-to-date
version from adobe site, and not from outdated Ubuntu 12.10 repository.

On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Marcelo Cavalcante <kalibslack at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> 2014-12-19 12:01 GMT-03:00 Alex Volkov <avolkov at gmail.com>:
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>> Hey Marcello,
>>
>> I had the same problem with a debian system.
>>
>> You are using an outdated version of flash, you can still watch flash by
>> clicking on 'allow' but you should really upgrade.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>  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 So security repository is no longer active.
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> Open terminal, type
>> $sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
>> enter a password if asked
>>
>>
>> Comment out all lines that contain security.ubuntu.com.
>>
>> Then run aptitude updated && aptitude reinstall flashplugin-installer.
>>
>> You should be good to go.
>>
>> Alex.
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 12:49 AM, Chris Aitken <chris at chrisaitken.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi,
>>>
>>> I haven't posted here for years. I guess Ubuntu has been working well
>>> for me, so I haven't had the need.
>>>
>>> I can't play videos on the Internet. I get an error that ...
>>>
>>> "Firefox has prevented the outdated plugin "Adobe Flash" from running on
>>> youtube.com."
>>>
>>> I get similar errors (that Adobe Flash needs updating) from other sites
>>> - fo instance trying to play videos Posted on facebook.
>>>
>>> My Firefox is 29.0 Mozilla Firefox for Ubuntu canonical - 1.0
>>>
>>> I'm running Ubuntu 12.10.
>>>
>>> I tried to install in this way ...
>>>
>>> chris at owner-HP-Compaq-dc5750-Small-Form-Factor:~$ 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:~$
>>>
>>>
>>> I thought re-installing Firefox might bring with it updates, but it
>>> seems I already have the latest version ...
>>>
>>> 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:~$
>>>
>>> I tried the gui Synaptic Package Manager, which offered the hope that ...
>>>
>>> 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]
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>> I'm off to be soon, but I'll stay up for a little while, in case anyone
>>> is online.
>>>
>>> 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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