securitybreach 10,237 Posted May 9, 2012 Chrome as nothing to do with flash updates on Archlinux as they are separate projects altogether. This shows the current version of flashplugin on Archlinux: x86_64 Extra flashplugin 11.2.202.235-1 Adobe Flash Player 2012-05-04 i686 Extra flashplugin 11.2.202.235-1 Adobe Flash Player 2012-05-04 http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=flash Maybe your mirrors are out of sync or you are using an AUR version. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 10,237 Posted May 9, 2012 That's odd... root_Arch/home/vtel57:# pacman -Qi flashplugin | grep Version error: package 'flashplugin' was not found root_Arch/home/vtel57:# pacman -Ss flashplugin extra/flashplugin 11.2.202.235-1 Adobe Flash Player Yup, you do not have the version from the Extra repo installed as it would say installed beside it. See: ╔═ comhack@Cerberus 08:32 AM ╚═══ ~-> pacman -Ss flashplugin extra/flashplugin 11.2.202.235-1 [installed] Adobe Flash Player Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V.T. Eric Layton 6,117 Posted May 9, 2012 Well, as you know, this is the only place I use chrome: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 10,237 Posted May 9, 2012 This will give you the name of the version you have installed: ╔═ comhack@Cerberus 10:27 AM ╚═══ ~-> pacman -Qi `yaourt -Ss flashplugin | cut -d/ -f2 | grep ^flash | cut -d' ' -f1` Name : flashplugin Version : 11.2.202.235-1 URL : http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer Licenses : custom Groups : None Provides : flashplayer Depends On : mozilla-common libxt libxpm gtk2 nss curl hicolor-icon-theme Optional Deps : libvdpau: GPU acceleration on Nvidia card Required By : huludesktop Conflicts With : None Replaces : None Installed Size : 23224.00 KiB Packager : Evangelos Foutras Architecture : x86_64 Build Date : Fri 04 May 2012 04:40:21 AM CDT Install Date : Fri 04 May 2012 10:48:12 AM CDT Install Reason : Explicitly installed Install Script : Yes Description : Adobe Flash Player error: package 'flashplugin-10' was not found error: package 'flashplugin-10.1' was not found error: package 'flashplugin-beta' was not found error: package 'flashplugin-debugger' was not found error: package 'flashplugin-lahf-fix' was not found error: package 'flashplugin-prerelease-debug' was not found error: package 'flashplugin-square' was not found error: package 'flashplugin_src' was not found From post #6 tweaked: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=7179 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V.T. Eric Layton 6,117 Posted May 9, 2012 I'll try it later. I'm Slackin' right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 10,237 Posted May 9, 2012 I'll try it later. I'm Slackin' right now. But of course Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V.T. Eric Layton 6,117 Posted May 9, 2012 Slack in the mornings; Arch in the evenings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V.T. Eric Layton 6,117 Posted May 9, 2012 root_Arch/home/vtel57:# pacman -Qi `yaourt -Ss flashplugin | cut -d/ -f2 | grep ^flash | cut -d' ' -f1` error: package 'flashplugin' was not found error: package 'flashplugin-10' was not found error: package 'flashplugin-10.1' was not found error: package 'flashplugin-beta' was not found error: package 'flashplugin-debugger' was not found error: package 'flashplugin-lahf-fix' was not found error: package 'flashplugin-prerelease-debug' was not found error: package 'flashplugin-square' was not found error: package 'flashplugin_src' was not found Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V.T. Eric Layton 6,117 Posted May 9, 2012 Come to think of it, I think I have my flashplugin manually installed in Arch just like I do in Slack. From about:plugins in FF: File: libflashplayer.so Version: Shockwave Flash 11.0 r1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 10,237 Posted May 10, 2012 I would suggest removing the manual installed files and running: pacman -S flashplugin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V.T. Eric Layton 6,117 Posted May 10, 2012 Why? There aren't going to be anymore Adobe Flash updates for Linux. I may as well just stick with the one that works now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilBambi 3,279 Posted May 10, 2012 No more Adobe Flash updates for Linux? Huh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V.T. Eric Layton 6,117 Posted May 10, 2012 Adobe says if you want a Flash plugin, you need to run Chrome. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/02/22/1323204/adobe-makes-flash-on-gnulinux-chrome-only Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilBambi 3,279 Posted May 10, 2012 (edited) Hmmm, when did they say that? They are still showing links to various Linux installers for both 32-bit and 64-bit here and here. Edited May 10, 2012 by LilBambi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V.T. Eric Layton 6,117 Posted May 10, 2012 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/02/22/1323204/adobe-makes-flash-on-gnulinux-chrome-only Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilBambi 3,279 Posted May 10, 2012 Here we are caught up in stupid format wars ... yet again! Good thing there is HTML5 and we can all say good bye to Flash! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V.T. Eric Layton 6,117 Posted May 10, 2012 Yup. You may have forgotten this discussion in BATL a while back --> http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?showtopic=52633entry343607 That's understandable, though... you've been a busy girl lately. Sadly, I think HTML5 has a long way to go before we can say the last good bye to Flash. Better hang on to your plugins. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilBambi 3,279 Posted May 10, 2012 Ah, yes. There was something niggling in the back of my mind about this but couldn't find it right away. Thanks! This is just plain laziness on Adobe's part. Not everyone will be moving to Google Chrome or Iron. Many of us still will use Firefox, Opera and other cross platform browsers. Yep...still feel the same way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V.T. Eric Layton 6,117 Posted May 10, 2012 Yup. Me too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 10,237 Posted May 10, 2012 Well somehow Arch is still getting updates for the flashplugin. The latest update was pushed through on 2012-05-04 (less than a week ago). https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/log/?h=packages/flashplugin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ross549 1,255 Posted May 10, 2012 Good thing there is HTML5 and we can all say good bye to Flash! And not a moment too soon! Adam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 10,237 Posted May 10, 2012 And not a moment too soon! Adam Yeah but the majority of content sites still use Flash. I would be very happy if HTML5 took over but I do not think that will happen anytime soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilBambi 3,279 Posted May 10, 2012 The quicker Flash goes away, the better it will be for everyone if they are going to be that way. Not everyone wants to use Chrome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 10,237 Posted May 10, 2012 The quicker Flash goes away, the better it will be for everyone if they are going to be that way. Not everyone wants to use Chrome. Well nothing has happened yet, they just mentioned requiring the "Pepper" api and Mozilla said that they would not be using the api. This has not happened and who knows with the tech world, this could change quickly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V.T. Eric Layton 6,117 Posted May 10, 2012 Adobe has updated a couple more times since their announcement that they were ending flash support for Linux (other than Chrome). The latest version direct from Adobe is 11.2.202.235. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
