[Nottingham] Firefox problem

[Jason Irwin]

On 26/01/13 22:28, Ron Wilton wrote:
>   * Which 11.1 do I need to download? There is 'Flash player 11.1' in
>     'Playerglobal.swc archives' and 'Flash Player 11.1.102.63
>     <http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/installers/archive/fp_11.1.102.63_archive.zip> (174
>     MB)' under 'Flash Player archives'.
The second is the right one.

>   * Also, how do I install the one to use?
This person wrote a small script to do it:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/152691/youtube-shows-missing-plug-in-in-window-after-installing-flash

And this is my a step-by-step breakdown.  The only real trick is that 
you need to use "sudo" to get the file into 
"/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer".  Everything else can be done via a GUI 
if you prefer (in which case, jump to step 5 after getting the .so out).

Note: All commands are one line (just in case email splits them)
1. cd to wherever you downloaded
cd ~/Downloads

2. Extract the tar.gz from the .zip
unzip fp_11.1.102.63_archive.zip 
fp_11.1.102.63_archive/11_1r102_63_32bit/flashplayer11_1r102_63_linux.i386.tar.gz

3. cd to the new directory that was created
cd fp_11.1.102.63_archive/11_1r102_63_32bit

4. Extract the tar.gz
tar -zxf flashplayer11_1r102_63_linux.i386.tar.gz

5. Copy the lib.so into Firefox
sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer
(Enter the root password when prompted)

6. Start Firefox and profit?

The sooner Flash dies in the firey pits the better.

J.