Opera comes with Flash pre-installed?
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A Former User last edited by
Hello jayaguru-shishya,
It's good to hear from you. I'm scratching my head on this one. Since we both using Ubuntu (mine is an Xfce version of Ubuntu), and we both have Firefox installed, as well as Chromium and Opera, why is Adobe Flash working correctly for me in Chromium and Opera, and not for you?
(I rarely use Firefox --but if it's Flash-free, I'm happy with that.)
jayaguru-shishya, I haven't given you any commands to run in your terminal that I haven't run on my own system. I just don't understand why Flash isn't working correctly with your installation of Opera when it's working perfectly fine on mine.. This makes no sense to me. I think now, jayaguru-shishya, you have a darn good question to ask our friends in Ubuntu forum.
I'd sure love to hear what they have to say, and, if you post the link, I'll go there. This will be a learning experience for me too.
perknh
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A Former User last edited by
Hahaha, that's a darn good question my friend!
Well, I was waiting for a harsh fire-of-babptism to Linux, but I must say this wasn't as hard and full of despair as I expected. Well, it still left me wondering - DEEPLY.I'll take this to the Ubuntu forums next. I'll promise to keep you updated via this discussion thread. And after all, this is an Opera forum, and we are trying to install "pepperflash-plugin" for the Opera browser! ... although it took some unexpected turns
Thanks for all your help again, perknh! Now, from Pontius Pilate (Opera forums) to Herodes the Great (Ubuntu forums). And we'll all know how the story goes; I will be back here in no time! Hahahaha
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A Former User last edited by
There are some good people over there, jayaguru-shishya. I just hope they're the people you encounter first.
Here's the link for Ubuntu Forums:
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
Chromium has a command-line setting for the pepper flash path. Maybe it'll work for Opera too. It's --ppapi-flash-path=path_to_plugin
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A Former User last edited by
Hi there @perknh! Just like many movies have an interesting plot line, but the climax can be kind of a boring one, so it is with our journey:
Upgrading to Linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS fixed all the problems. Now, both my Opera and Chromium are running the latest version of flash. This doesn't mean, of course, that installing the pepperflash-plugin wouldn't be necessary. Well, Firefox is long purged now, and now I have moved exclusively to Opera.
Well, I expect this thread still can be found useful for those Linux users who are still waiting for the Linux Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS release (indeed, at this point I am still running a test-version).
Thanks all of you guys, especially @perknh! The Linux community has proved worthy of its reputation as a source of technical support! This is something I've never experienced in the Windows camp. Thank you!
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A Former User last edited by
You're certainly welcome, jayaguru-shishya.
This is terrific news. Congratulations!
Please remember to keep Peppermint on your short list of future distributions to try. Opera browser and Peppermint Linux OS go very well together. And, in the meanwhile, have fun with Opera and Ubuntu.
All the best to you.
perknh
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A Former User last edited by
@perknh, unfortunately the problem has re-emerged. "opera://plugins" gives the version information as folllows:
Adobe Flash Player
Version: 21.0.0.216
Shockwave Flash 21.0 r0However, when I try to open media that requires flash, I'm told that "Adobe Flash Player is out of date." I have no problems running Flash with my Chromium browser though, so it's just Opera.
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A Former User last edited by
Hi jayaguru-shishya,
Try this, and see how this goes for you:
sudo apt-get install --reinstall pepperflashplugin-nonfree
Then run this to see if Opera's Flash has been updated:
sudo update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree --status
Knock on wood!
perknh
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variatox last edited by
Latest version is 22.0.0.209 ...
Thanks. That's what I get when checking the Adobe check page.
