Flash
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Basic Flash Information
Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform that is a popular means of adding animation and interactivity to web pages. It is a plugin for the web browser and is installed by default in MEPIS.
Flash Version Test
Test which version your browser is using at: http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/. If this doesn't match the version you have installed, check the Troubleshooting section.
Installing
Default
The plugin flashplugin-nonfree is installed by default by MEPIS; but is available for reinstallation from the MEPIS repository via Synaptic.
From debian-multimedia Repository
If you need a more up to date version of flash, you can install flashplayer-mozilla from the debian-multimedia repository via Synaptic.
Direct from Adobe
flashplayer-mozilla is usually updated to newest flash version very quickly, but if you need the MOST up to date version of flash, you can download directly from Adobe (http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/). Copy the libflashplayer.so file to your plugins folder (e.g. /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins); however this will break your use of the update-alternatives feature mentioned in Troubleshooting section.
Troubleshooting
If you upgraded MEPIS 8 and lost flash capabilities try this fix:
su -c 'update-alternatives --auto flash-mozilla.so'
If it fails and you then get the error message "No alternatives for flash-mozilla.so.", you probably have a problem with your flash plugin symlinks.
Repairs depend on various factors such as which browser you are using but your browser plugins (examples: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ and /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/ and /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/ should all link to:
/usr/lib/flashplayer-mozilla/libflashplayer.so.
which is where the actual file is.
This Command entered in the konsole will attempt to reinstall flashplugin-nonfree and repair the symlinks.
su -c 'apt-get install --reinstall --assume-yes flashplugin-nonfree && update-alternatives --auto flash-mozilla.so && rm -f -r /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/*flash* && ln -sf /etc/alternatives/flash-mozilla.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flash-mozilla.so'
