Sunday, December 13, 2009

Install 64 bit Flash Ubuntu/Debian

Adobe's Flash Player 10 for 64-bit Linux Page

- Download the file
wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.42.34.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz

- After downloading you need to uninstall Flash (if installed)
- In Ubuntu
sudo apt-get purge flashplugin-installer nspluginwrapper

- In Debian
apt-get purge flashplugin-nonfree

- Then create a plugin folder in the .mozilla configuration folder.
mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins

- Untar the file
tar -zxvf libflashplayer-10.0.42.34.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz

- Install the flash player
mv libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins

Restart Firefox/Iceweasel and enjoy.

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