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Hi all

I am trying to install Flash Player on my laptop with Ubuntu 6.06. I have had trouble installing flash on Ubuntu before but this time I really am struggling. I have tried installing the flashplugin-nonfree, I have tried

$ cd /tmp
$ wget
$ tar -zxvf install_flash_player_10_
$ cd install_flash_player_10_linux
$ ./flashplayer-installer

Followed the installation then restarted laptop even though it only says logout.

And i have tried a few more ones as well but now I am well and truly stumped. I have googled and tried quite a few ways but still no youtube vids :(

Can anyone please help me, am I missing something (I usually am).

Many thanks

HLA91

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A short, practical summary and some targeted diagnostics (historical context first)

Adobe retired Flash Player at the end of 2020 and major browsers removed or blocked Flash support shortly afterward, so for anyone arriving here years later you probably do not need Flash for YouTube or most modern sites. Adobe’s EOL notice and browser teams explain the change and its consequences. (adobe.com)

If you still need Flash on that old Pentium III / Ubuntu 6.06 / Firefox 1.5 setup (for archived legacy content), the useful checks are different from re-running the installer. already tried the packaged installer and the repo package; focus on what Firefox actually sees, file placement, and binary compatibility.

Quick diagnostics to run on the machine (do not repeat the installers you already tried):

# look for plugin files in common places
ls -l /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins ~/.mozilla/plugins /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins

# check the Flash binary's architecture and required libraries
file /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
ldd  /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

If Firefox’s Add‑ons/Plugins page (or the hidden about:plugins page) doesn’t list Shockwave Flash, Firefox simply hasn’t found or loaded the .so; Gecko looks for plugins in a specific order and will only register binaries that match the running architecture and have all required shared libs. Use the Firefox Add‑ons/Plugins UI or the Troubleshooting/Plugin check pages to confirm. (blog.mozilla.org)

Practical follow-ups and options

  • If the .so exists but file/ldd show it’s the wrong architecture or missing shared libs, obtain the matching 32‑bit build or install the missing system libraries.
  • If the binary is present and correct but not detected, remove older partial installs and recreate the profile/plugin cache (Firefox re-scans on next start).
  • Because Dapper (6.06) is long EOL and many packages are unavailable, an upgrade or a lightweight modern distro is the safer route; noted lightweight distros as an alternative for low‑spec hardware. Ubuntu’s Dapper support ended long ago. (help.ubuntu.com)

For long‑term access to critical legacy Flash content, note that Adobe offered enterprise distribution/support options after EOL (commercial support providers are listed by browser vendors). (support.mozilla.org)

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Member Avatar for Comatose

For which browser (firefox)?

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Firefox

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Sorry I was bit vague with my last response as to what version, its firefox 1.5.0.12eol

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The reason I am running an old version is because the laptop its running on is low spec, 256RAM Pentium 3, so Live cd takes hours. The only alternate .iso I had on my pc at the time was 6.06 and seen as I didn't want to download another one of the latest version I installed 6.06.
I did consider updating it using update manager to 8.10 but it said it would take a few hours so I downloaded the alternate .iso of 8.10 thinking it just would be quicker to download and install it from scratch. All went well until it came to installing Grub, wouldn't install neither would Lilo so it was back to the old alternate 6.06 disk. And i did perform MD5 Checksum on the 8.10 .iso so just bad luck probably.

I will probably create a thread about the botched install later.

Thanks

HLA91

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the latest version of ubuntu will work really fast with 256, just disable effects
if you want to keep the current OS then:
go to termianl and make this folder
well just type this in without quotes
"mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins"
now go to any site that requires flash and install

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and if installing from websites doesnt work, go in the terminal again and type
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
sudo update-flashplugin
use this as a second last resort,
last resort go to synaptic and search for flash and install

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The reason I am running an old version is because the laptop its running on is low spec, 256RAM Pentium 3, so Live cd takes hours. The only alternate .iso I had on my pc at the time was 6.06 and seen as I didn't want to download another one of the latest version I installed 6.06.
I did consider updating it using update manager to 8.10 but it said it would take a few hours so I downloaded the alternate .iso of 8.10 thinking it just would be quicker to download and install it from scratch. All went well until it came to installing Grub, wouldn't install neither would Lilo so it was back to the old alternate 6.06 disk. And i did perform MD5 Checksum on the 8.10 .iso so just bad luck probably.

I will probably create a thread about the botched install later.

Thanks

HLA91

With a system with such low specs, I would probably run either Zenwalk (based on Slackware) or (based on Mepis/Debian). The beauty of these are that Flash is already installed. Antix also has multimedia codecs preloaded, and since it is based on debian (like Ubuntu) you can use synaptic to install anything extra you need.:cool:

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