[GTALUG] Ubuntu need Adobe Flash?

[Gary]

I use kubuntu and had the same problem but the following solved the problem:
http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/04/install-adobe-flash-in-ubuntu-14-04-lts/

Incidentally, my kubuntu 14.04 is unstable and I will chuck it as soon 
as I get debian LXQt.
/gary

On 14-12-19 08:56 AM, Marcelo Cavalcante wrote:
> 2014-12-19 2:49 GMT-03:00 Chris Aitken <chris at chrisaitken.net 
> <mailto:chris at chrisaitken.net>>:
>
>     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     "Firefox has prevented the outdated plugin "Adobe Flash" from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 <http://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 Aitke
>
>
> The problem is that you´re using a very old version of Flash. In fact, 
> you´re using very old version of everything, as far as I can see.
>
> Ubuntu 12.10 - means you´re using Ubuntu from October 2012.
> Firefox 29 - the one I´m using is 34.
>
> Well, I think you should really think about updating your Ubuntu, so 
> you´ll also have all the other softwares updated, since you´re using 
> old repositories, with old versions of software.
>
>
>
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