[xubuntu-users] Adobe Flash

2016-11-10 Thread Harold Cheyney
I keep getting messages from web sites that I need Adobe-Flash. How can this be installed on Ubuntu 16.04 ? -- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users

Re: [xubuntu-users] Adobe Flash

2016-11-10 Thread Bruno Benitez
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer El nov 10, 2016 9:36 AM, "Harold Cheyney" escribió: > I keep getting messages from web sites that I need Adobe-Flash. How can > this be installed on Ubuntu 16.04 ? > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.

Re: [xubuntu-users] Adobe Flash

2016-11-10 Thread Harold Cheyney
This is the response I received to the above: Package flashplugin-installer is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package 'flashplugin-installer' has no installation candi

[xubuntu-users] VLC snap cannot access /mnt

2016-11-10 Thread janusz golab
I installed VLC snap, but I cannot (a built in feature) access any files outside my /home. I would be grateful for a line by line instruction on how to enable a connection to all disks mounted in /mnt.   It seems though, that a such a sanboxing solution is not a practical thing for a home user,

Re: [xubuntu-users] Adobe Flash

2016-11-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2016-11-10 at 11:33 -0500, Harold Cheyney wrote: > On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 7:38 AM, Bruno Benitez wrote: > > sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer > > > > El nov 10, 2016 9:36 AM, "Harold Cheyney" escribió: > > > I keep getting messages from web sites that I n

Re: [xubuntu-users] Adobe Flash

2016-11-10 Thread Peter Flynn
On 11/10/2016 06:32 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: [...] >Why do you want to install such an old and useless version of flash >player? >For what purpose? Many people REQUIRE a working Flash player in order to access content put up on web sites by marketing people who don't know any better. >

Re: [xubuntu-users] Adobe Flash

2016-11-10 Thread Bruno Benitez
I dont know why it would say that. The package still exists in yakkety http://packages.ubuntu.com/yakkety/flashplugin-installer El nov 10, 2016 1:34 PM, "Harold Cheyney" escribió: > This is the response I received to the above: > > Package flashplugin-installer is not available, but is referred

Re: [xubuntu-users] Adobe Flash

2016-11-10 Thread Peter Flynn
On 11/10/2016 09:55 PM, Bruno Benitez wrote: > I dont know why it would say that. The package still exists in yakkety > http://packages.ubuntu.com/yakkety/flashplugin-installer Could be a transient problem with update? Occasionally a sources.list entry references a wrong file or a misspelled serv

Re: [xubuntu-users] Adobe Flash

2016-11-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:35:05 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >you could try running a windows browser and Adobe Flashplayer on wine. > >http://packages.ubuntu.com/yakkety/wine >http://packages.ubuntu.com/yakkety/winetricks Even if it should work for the current version of flashplayer at the moment, win

Re: [xubuntu-users] Adobe Flash

2016-11-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 21:46:47 +, Peter Flynn wrote: >Unfortunately it's already obsolete, so some Flash content (designed >for the latest Win/Mac-only version of Flash) will NEVER play under >Linux. IMO everybody should boycott websites that enforce usage of Adobe Flashplayer. However, you co

Re: [xubuntu-users] Adobe Flash

2016-11-10 Thread Istimsak Abdulbasir
On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Harold Cheyney wrote: > This is the response I received to the above: > > Package flashplugin-installer is not available, but is referred to by > another package. > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or > is only available from another

Re: [xubuntu-users] Adobe Flash

2016-11-10 Thread lukshuntim
On Friday, November 11, 2016 05:59 AM, Peter Flynn wrote: On 11/10/2016 09:55 PM, Bruno Benitez wrote: I dont know why it would say that. The package still exists in yakkety http://packages.ubuntu.com/yakkety/flashplugin-installer Could be a transient problem with update? Occasionally a sourc