What are our options then? My version of Firefox is blocking flash media. I have to "authoize" it to use the old version which supposedly has a security vulnerability. So why is Adobe abandoning support for Linux? Again, what options do we have?
#1
What are our options then? My version of Firefox is blocking flash media. I have to "authoize" it to use the old version which supposedly has a security vulnerability. So why is Adobe abandoning support for Linux? Again, what options do we have?
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#2
Add Daniel Richard G.'s pepper-flash PPA
I and others have been using it for some time now.This repository provides the pepflashplugin-installer package, which will download and install the newer "Pepper" (PPAPI) version of the Adobe Flash Player plugin for use with the Chromium Web browser on Ubuntu GNU/Linux. The package is similar to Ubuntu's official flashplugin-installer in that it does not include the plugin itself, but instead downloads the plugin and installs it automatically. (Specifically, it downloads the latest Google Chrome package, extracts the Pepper Flash files, and installs only those. Google Chrome itself is not installed nor otherwise used in any way.)
Some information on the Pepper Flash plugin and how it differs from earlier versions of Flash may be found here:
http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2...-on-linux.html
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#3
Latest
The latest Adobe version for the Ubuntu Trusty is 11.2.202.440.
ubuntu/partner/trusty : https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/tr...ry/017782.html
Seems to work at https://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
For the Linux:
Last edited by Wheel Inventor; Feb 1st 2015 at 07:31 PM.
#4
During this transition, as Flash is finally allowed to go away (a good thing), use the version advised by Wheel Inventor, above.
I get a regular update of the flash-installer which seems to keep flash running without needing to authorize the old version.
For those who still produce flash video... Have you heard about HTML5?
Even Youtube has dropped flash.
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#5
If I understand correctlyOriginally Posted by mhumm2
@mhumm2 is asking about Firefox
The Pepper plugin referred to is for Chromium, presumably on pre- 14.04 *buntu OS's, as the plugin is included in 14.04
For Firefox, you will need
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...h-with-Firefox
#6
I'm using Firefox. I use the Pepper-flash installer. Firefox reports in about:plugins:
Shockwave Flash
File: libfreshwrapper-pepperflash.so
Path: /usr/lib/freshplayerplugin/libfreshwrapper-pepperflash.so
Version: 15.0.0.223
State: Enabled
Shockwave Flash 15.0 r0
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock HolmesUsing Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
National Rifle Association Patron Life Member -- "From my cold, dead hands!"
#7
So I have pepperflash from the default sources, in use with chromiumI'm using Firefox. I use the Pepper-flash installer. Firefox reports in aboutlugins:
Shockwave Flash
File: libfreshwrapper-pepperflash.so
Path: /usr/lib/freshplayerplugin/libfreshwrapper-pepperflash.so
Version: 15.0.0.223
State: Enabled
Shockwave Flash 15.0 r0
Why would adding the PPA make it work with Firefox?
Sorry if that's a dumb question
#8
No, not a dumb question. I haven't used Chromium Browser in a long time now. I believe that the Pepper-flash Installer does the job of putting the libfreshwrapper-pepperflash.so where it needs to be for Firefox.
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock HolmesUsing Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
National Rifle Association Patron Life Member -- "From my cold, dead hands!"
#9
OK
So I didn't know that was possible as such and was the reason for the work on fresh
https://github.com/i-rinat/freshplay...ster/README.md
#10
I got that message. Remembering that flashplugin-installer had sometimes had trouble running in the gui updater, I ranand firefox was happy again.Code:sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
While I agree that flash is going away (and good riddance), and that pepper flash gives a much more current version that someone people need in the meantime, the above lets me get along with the least effort.
IMO firefox (through no fault of its own) has confused us when there was a new version of flash 11, the old version.
Regards, John Little
Last edited by Snowhog; Feb 2nd 2015 at 11:19 PM.
Regards, John Little
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