Ubuntu 9.10 Flash Player not working with embedded videos (click problem)

Last Modified: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:14:22 +0000 ; Created: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:14:22 +0000

Youtube videos played, but embedded videos on pages could not be controlled (pause, fast forward, play).

Solution: http://www.khattam.info/2009/08/18/solved-flashplugin-controls-not-working-in-ubuntu-9-10-karmic-koala-alpha-4/

In case the above site is no longer available:

  1. sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree swdec-mozilla mozilla-plugin-gnash
    • Don't worry if some fail because they are not installed
  2. wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.45.2.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
    • Change out the version number for the latest
    • The labs version works while the normal one does not
  3. tar -xvf libflashplayer-10.0.45.2.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
  4. sudo mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/