unfortunately all the responses from the computer after issuing each command I was not able to retrieve so these are the commands I issued (in said order)

first I entered apt-get install <tab><tab> and was given the next two programs to install:

apt-get install flashplugin-installer
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound

then I read the message suggesting the next command:

sudo apt-get install flash*

but when I ran it I got an error. the just of that was that the following programs were conflicting. So I figured I would remove them :

sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-downloader flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree

and then I would reinstall everything

sudo apt-get install flash*

but there were other things broken
the error report from the previous command indicated that the next command be issued

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-downloader flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree

but that caused the error:

Package flashplugin-nonfree is a virtual package provided by:
  adobe-flashplugin 11.1.102.55-0oneiric1
  flashplugin-downloader 11.1.102.55ubuntu0.11.10.1
You should explicitly select one to install.

E: Package 'flashplugin-nonfree' has no installation candidate

so because I had already issued ....install flashplugin-downloader I tried the other package:


bmike1@Michaels-Laptop ~ $ sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin


that ran successfully
then I checked if a flash ap was working. It was so I was happy!



On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Vance Pierce <vancevep@gmail.com> wrote:
Inquiring minds want to know... what exactly did you mess around with to get things working?


On 02/02/2012 10:21 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
well apt-get install flash* failed  but I messed around with it and got things working. Thanks for your help.

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Technomage Hawke <technomage.hawke@gmail.com> wrote:
the room mate here had the same problem a week or so back. I had to log in and do an apt-get install flash* and it got anything with flash in the name and description. sure, it is a shotgun approach, but it did work. one thing you might want to try is get the vlc package and its various plugins. those also work.

-eric

On Feb 2, 2012, at 4:42 PM, Michael Havens wrote:

> I don't know what happened but  I can't view flash content. I went to a video tutorial for Kompozer and the video wouldn't run. I emailed them and they responded that I needed flash. I then went to a page I viewed earlier today and it too wouldn't run. I ran apt-get to reinstall it but it still isn't working. I donn't know what else to say about it. The version that is installed now is 11.0.1.152 . I don't know what version I had before I ran apt-get. I have to go to work now so I will be back at about 10.
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