Re: flash in stretch again

[Curt <curty@free.fr>]

On 2017-06-24, Maureen L Thomas <silverorb@verizon.net> wrote:
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> It returns /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
> it also return one for gnash.  could this be the problem or confusion?
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I think it is (although that path is compliant with the Debian wiki on
the matter). On my machine, 'about:plugins' reveals that Firefox-esr
searches the following paths for the flash plugin:

/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
and
/home/curty/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

We could always experiment by copying the libflashplayer.so file as
indicated above (or merely into you're home directory) and then

update-alternatives --quiet --install /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flash-mozilla.so flash-mozilla.so /home/'your user name'/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

However, I will now admit that I'm a little confused about the whole
deal. I do not use the flash-installer; I just go to Adobe and extract
the libflashplayer.so file from the tar.gz archive and copy it to both
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so and /home/curty/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so.

update-alternatives --list flash-mozilla.so 
returns
/home/curty/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/gnash/libgnashplugin.so

on my machine.

Good luck.






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