[HLUG] Herefordshire Digest, Vol 1794, Issue 1

[Ann]

I use Manjaro and for youtube prefer to use html5 anyway which is in the 
repository...
hope this helps - it works with Firefox.

On 07/01/15 14:43, Steve Horsfield wrote:
> It looks as if Adobe no longer supports linux and recent versions of Flash
> will not work in Firefox running on linux. The preferred solution appears
> to be  to install the the Google Chrome browser from the built-in Ubuntu
> repository.
>
> Steve Horsfield
>
> On 7 January 2015 at 12:28, Kevin Dontenville <kevin at opensure.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jonathan
>>
>> I can't help by popping round myself but thought I might help with words
>> instead ;-)
>>
>> If installed flash should update all by itself when you allow updates to
>> run on your Ubuntu pc.
>>
>> The package that installs and configures Flash for you is usually called
>>
>> flashplugin-installer
>>
>> So you should be able to find that in the software installer or you can
>> use the command line:
>>
>> sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer
>>
>> That will require you to enter your password to complete.
>>
>> If it is already installed then try telling it to update everything for
>> you immediately:
>>
>> sudo apt-get update
>>
>> then
>>
>> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>>
>> You can do the same force upgrade in the GUI using the upgrade or software
>> manager. For normal Ubuntu installs that is Software Centre so check for
>> the flashplugin-installer and see if there is an update available.
>>
>> Hope that helps but I suspect there are others about who may be available
>> for a visit if not.
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Kevin Dontenville
>> kevin at opensure.net
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>> 1. Please can HLUG carry out the command on my Ubuntu 14.10 to
>> install an update Adobe flash player
>> (jonathan at roger91.orangehome.co.uk)
>> Hi Ro
>>
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 22:12:05 +0100 (CET)
>> From: jonathan at roger91.orangehome.co.uk
>> To: herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk
>> Subject: [HLUG] Please can HLUG carry out the command on my Ubuntu
>> 14.10 to install an update Adobe flash player
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>> Hi
>>
>> Please could HLUG help me once again:
>>
>> Ideally, I wonder whether it is possible for a HLUG member to actually
>> physically carry out the command on my Ubuntu 14.10 to install an
>> up-to-date Adobe flash player to see a "YouTude" video (I'm learning to do
>> the Tango as Chairman of the "Hereford Tango Club"). At the moment a
>> YouTude video will repeatedl stop to upload.
>> I find this command structure too complex to do myself even with the
>> online hep available.
>> Thank you!
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jonathan Roger
>> (a resident five minutes walk from the centre of Hereford City)
>>
>>
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