Firefox/Linux: flash plugin won't show up in about:plugins
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 5:19 pm
[PROBLEM]
After installing the Flash 10 firefox plugin from adobe (as .deb package), it wouldn't show up in "about:plugins"
[SOLUTION]
There are several plugin names that libflashplayer.so is referred to:
Now to fix/update those symlinks to point the the right libflashplayer.so in "/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so", run "update-alternatives" for each of the plugin names, like this:
After installing the Flash 10 firefox plugin from adobe (as .deb package), it wouldn't show up in "about:plugins"
[SOLUTION]
There are several plugin names that libflashplayer.so is referred to:
- firefox-flashplugin
- iceweasel-flashplugin
- mozilla-flashplugin
- xulrunner-flashplugin
- iceape-flashplugin
- midbrowser-flashplugin
- xulrunner-addons-flashplugin
Now to fix/update those symlinks to point the the right libflashplayer.so in "/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so", run "update-alternatives" for each of the plugin names, like this:
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sudo update-alternatives --config firefox-flashplugin