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Keep Adobe Flash Player onhand...

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For those that use LiveUSB for certain reasons, most notably no browing history from your wife/boss, you can keep Adobe onhand.
This method is much easier to me than the wget this, make directory that, put .so here on the web.

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http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
APT for Ubuntu 10.04+
Open with Software Manager
Use this source
terminal ->

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sudo apt-get download adobe-flashplugin
to get it to your to your usb

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sudo cp adobe-flashplugin*.deb /cdrom/

The system sees the USB drive as /cdrom/. You must use sudo to copy it to /cdrom/.

to install it next time you LiveUSB boot

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sudo dpkg -i /cdrom/adobe-flashplugin(press TAB)
example: sudo dpkg-i /cdrom/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.258-0oneiric1_i386.deb
example: sudo dpkg -i /cdrom/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.258-0quantal1_amd64.deb
Once you type adobe-flashplugin hit the TAB key and it will autocomplete the filename.
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Re: Keep Adobe Flash Player onhand...

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I guess this is a tutorial for Linux Mint 9?
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Re: Keep Adobe Flash Player onhand...

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Works on 13 and 14.
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Re: Keep Adobe Flash Player onhand...

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Then perhaps I fail to understand the purpose; Adobe Flash comes already installed on Linux Mint. Unless you have the OEM version.
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Re: Keep Adobe Flash Player onhand...

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I got the stripped version, but it also works on Ubuntu.
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Ah, well on the OEM version of Linux Mint you can install Adobe Flash by installing the package mint-flashplugin (through the Software Manager, or by running "apt install mint-flashplugin"). That package is not available on Ubuntu, but then this is the tutorial section for Linux Mint and not for Ubuntu :wink:
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Re: Keep Adobe Flash Player onhand...

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When the best speed you can get is 3G and it only gets 60KB/sec it's not adventurous to download a 16+MB plugin every time you do a live boot.

What package isn't available on Ubuntu?
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Re: Keep Adobe Flash Player onhand...

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snison wrote:download a 16+MB plugin every time you do a live boot
Perhaps look into persistent mode, or just install Linux Mint to the USB thumb drive. So you can install programs you need once, and carry them with you to work or wherever. Sorry for derailing your tutorial :(
snison wrote:What package isn't available on Ubuntu?
mint-flashplugin
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