Flash Problem on Mint 6

[someoneinsane]

Well when i play a youtube video/flash file like an flash animation, on my browser it for some reason whites out.
But its only for the video itself.
For example

[Kaye]

General flash fix:

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apt remove --purge flashplugin-nonfree & apt install adobe-flashplugin

[Bernadette]

General flash fix:

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apt remove --purge flashplugin-nonfree & apt install adobe-flashplugin

Thank you for this, Kaye!

I'm a new Mint user. Just installed Mint 7 (Gloria) last week.

Had previously used and loved Mandriva, but switched to Mint specifically because it was supposed to be "media ready" right out of the box. It was -- for about three days. I was VERY pleased. Then yesterday I used the Mint updater to install level 1, 2, and 3 updates -- and suddenly Firefox had all the same problems with Flash animation that it had been having in my previous install of Mandriva. Grumble!

I came to the forums looking for a fix and fearing that I'd find only "geek-level" instructions. I'm definitely not a computer expert, just an ordinary desktop user. So finding something as simple as what you posted was a great relief.

It worked, too. Now I'm happy again. Mint is a very nice flavor of Linux and these forums are quite helpful.

Bernadette

[Kaye]

No problem. I try to give the easiest instructions possible, I realize that everyone isn't so computer savvy

[dckjnsn]

General flash fix:

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apt remove --purge flashplugin-nonfree & apt install adobe-flashplugin

(newbie here)
where am i to type the code? in the terminal? ty in advance.

[Kaye]

Yes, any commands given on the forum are for the terminal unless otherwise stated.

[SashaD]

I'm having the same issue. I ran the command and got the following message from the terminal:

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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package adobe-flashplugin

[1]+  Stopped                 apt remove --purge flashplugin-nonfree

Restarting Firefox brings Flash back for a bit, but obviously I'd prefer to avoid doing that. Any ideas?