Apt-get is another front end to the apt package manager, and will behave no differently than synaptic. go to adobe's site, where they have a version checker for flash. If that is not satisfactory, install the official package from adobe. Not complicated, and guaranteed to be the latest when you install it. On Jul 18, 2011 7:15 PM, "Mike" <[email protected]> wrote: > To be safe, I installed all recommended updates to my system. There > were a few updates to Firefox, but nothing specifically about a flash > player. After updating, I still can't watch YouTube videos. Can I > conclude therefore that the flash player on the Ubuntu servers is > outdated/incompatible? How might I check the version before I waste > time with apt-get? > > If I choose to go the apt-get route, can I invoke apt-get from (a) > anywhere in the system or (b) do I need to be in the target directory? > If (b), which directory should I be in? > > On Jul 11, 12:26 pm, Chris Miller <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:35 AM, kimjeng <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > On Jul 9, 2:34 pm, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Honestly, it's a lot easier to do 'sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin' >> >> and be done with it. >> >> > +1 ^^^ >> >> Sometimes the distro's version of flashplayer is out of date or >> insecure. (Because Flash has *never* had security flaws before.... >> right?) So it can be useful to install it straight from the vendor. >> >> Then again, Adobe is notoriously slow to update Flash for Linux >> anyways, so I'm not sure it's worth it either way. >> >> IMHO, HTML5/JS can't proliferate fast enough for my tastes. >> >> -- >> Registered Linux Addict #431495 >> For Faith and Family! | John 3:16! >> fsdev.net | 0x5f3759df.org | chrismiller.at > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri > Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf)
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