[jaunty] Ubuntu should install 64bit flash when installing flashplugin-nonfree on 64bit systems

[Emilio]

- Bug declined, Jaunty already install 64bit flash when installing flashplugin-nonfree on 64bit systems -

If you install flashplugin-nonfree on a x64 system, it should automatically install the 64bit version of Flash 10, instead of the 32bit version+nspluginwrapper.
Comment: actually it does exactly that ;)

 On x86 systems, it should install the x86 version, as it currently does.

More information on flash 10 can be seen here: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/releasenotes_64bit.html
You can Download flash 10 x64 from this Adobe Page: http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

[costales (costales)]

Why this bug is marked as invalid?????
Best regards.
Marcos.

[Loïc Martin (loic-martin3)]

Jaunty should already install 64bits flash. Did you try installing the package in Jaunty amd64 before submitting the bug?

[Loïc Martin (loic-martin3)]

Check debian/config:

if [ "$(uname -m)" = "x86_64" ]; then
    SUM="67aa4a0b205584bc5a841eb948cafab7f888ec79"
    FILE="libflashplayer-10.0.d21.1.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz"
else
    SUM="45a37b04f5cbd32eaea8a9b02d38dd71d963ae48"
    FILE="install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz"
fi

libflashplayer-10.0.d21.1.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz seems 64bits to me ;)

[Kẏra (thekyriarchy)]

So why is it that when i installed flashplugin-nonfree in jaunty it required nspluginwrapper?

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

we reverted that. we will not pull in non-final plugins.

[Kẏra (thekyriarchy)]

Even though 64-bit flash in alpha is supposedly more stable than the 32-bit final release? Exceptions can't be made?

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

no, we need the file in the archive.canonical.com archive as otherwise we will regress back to the state where on every upstream version bump, the install of flashplugin-nonfree will fail ... and its not possible to distribute the beta's there for non-technical reasons.

[Kẏra (thekyriarchy)]

There is no way to get the file on archive.canonical.com ?

If not, could someone set up a PPA or some repository to use?

[mmalmeida (mmalmeida)]

I agree with Danny: I have a 64 bit system (because it's the best way to get an optimized 4GB ram machine) and I installed the flash-nonfree Flash player from the sources.

The result was a non-functional flash on the first 2 out of 3 flash applications I tested (Youtube worked, Facebook's Farmtown and http://speedmeter.fccn.pt/ didn't).

If you can't/won't default Flash 64 for 64 machines, at least explicitly say that in the package manager's Flash description and point to a How-to site on how to have a working 64 machine.

[rebroad (rebroad)]

I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 64bit.. I cannot get flash working in firefox. I've tried the adobe site, and also the flashplugin-nonfree. flash does not work though...