Friday, August 17, 2012

Ubuntu remove flash

SkyHi @ Friday, August 17, 2012

Flash aid fetches the last known flashplayer version give it a go again.
You have made a mistake somewhere along the line. If you have tried to install
it multiple times there might be remnants of flash everywhere. flash aid will
remove them all and install again for you.
Or if you choose remove all flash and install from Ubuntu software center or Synaptic.
Stop all firefox running and copy and paste these one at a time.

Code:
sudo apt-get remove -y --purge flashplugin-nonfree gnash gnash-common mozilla-plugin-gnash swfdec-mozilla libflashsupport nspluginwrapper
Code:
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/*flash*
Code:
sudo rm -f ~/.mozilla/plugins/*flash*
Code:
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/*flash*
Code:
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/*flash*
Code:
sudo rm -rfd /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper
#Now reinstall through Ubuntu software center or synaptics. Or even as most do to get most all restricted packages in one swoop.
Code:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
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REFERENCES
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1747043