Install Chromium + Flash plugin in Ubuntu Jaunty

July 13th, 2009 Posted in Ubuntu, google

Install Chromium Browser in Ubuntu 9.10 with 5 simple steps.

1.) Edit /etc/apt/source.list

chenhow@chenhow-laptop:~$ sudo gedit /etc/apt/source.list

### Add following into source.list file ###

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

2.) Add GPG key

chenhow@chenhow-laptop:~$ sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0xfbef0d696de1c72ba5a835fe5a9bf3bb4e5e17b5

3.) Update source list then install chromium.

chenhow@chenhow-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update

chenhow@chenhow-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

4.) Once finish install Chromium, follow below steps to enable flash

chenhow@chenhow-laptop:~$ cd /usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins

chenhow@chenhow-laptop:/usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins$ sudo ln -s ../../adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so

chenhow@chenhow-laptop:/usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins$ sudo vim /etc/chromium-browser/default

### Edit chromium flags in default file ###

# Options to pass to chromium-browser
CHROMIUM_FLAGS=”–enable-plugins”

5.) You can now check your browser by typing “about:plugins” in the url bar, if you see the plugins is installed, you should be able to play flash content.

1) sudo vim /etc/chromium-browser/default
2) edit chromium flags to look like following

# Options to pass to chromium-browser
CHROMIUM_FLAGS=”–enable-plugins”

3) start chromium-browser and check “about:plugins”
4) you should see some installed plugins now

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Tags: chromium, flash

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Hi, this step by step explanation of how to install and use helps many new users to experience this in their browser. I'm also one of the new users hence it is very useful for me too.

Scream Havoc

I am new to ubuntu so please bear with me. I can't understand the majority of the jargon. I was following the guide above after installing all that was needed. I got to where it says "sudo 1n -s ../../flashplugin-installer/libflashpler.so" and it says "ln : command not found" and i tried everything and it just keeps saying that. I am sure that I have not mispelled anything along the way and I would really like to be able to play videos like youtube. Please help.

Scream Havoc

Alright I've got past the ln part of the equation. Now it says "vim : command not found". Any clues?

chenhow

you don't have vim installed in your system, either u can install it by executing this command "sudo aptitude install vim" or u may use vi instead of vim

buxur

The flash installer has changed again in ubuntu the link should now be :
sudo ln -s ../../flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so

And the chromium flags have to enable plugins as mentioned below:
1) sudo vim /etc/chromium-browser/default
2) edit chromium flags to look like following

# Options to pass to chromium-browser
CHROMIUM_FLAGS="--enable-plugins"

phoenixart

Hi! Thanks for this information, but I use Hardy Heron and succesfully installed Chromium. When I give the "sudo ln -s ../../adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so" in Terminal, it writes me: "ln: "./libflashplayer.so" creating symbolic link: The file already exist." But flash in webpages, like youtube can't work, Chromium browser says: "Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player."

Please help!

chenhow

Hi Phoenixart, you can try to remove the existing libflashplayer.so file, then re-create the symbolic link to /adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so

example:
sudo rm libflashplayer.so
sudo ln -s ../../adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so

phoenixart

Hi, Thanks for the help! I just deleted the file libflashplayer.so, and do what you said, but after opening Chromium browser with youtube.com it wrote me this too:

"Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player." :(

chenhow

I think i know why, u can try update ur flash with following command, it should solve ur problem.

sudo aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree

phoenixart

Thanks again. Its installed a newer flash packages now, but in Chromium its doesn't work too. :(

chenhow

final work around, run following command in terminal.

chromium-browser --enable-greasemonkey --enable-user-scripts --enable-extensions

phoenixart

It doesn't help. Opening Chromium and try youtube, but the problem is the same as I wrote.

chenhow

1) check libflashplayer.so, see whether is in /usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins
2) Open Chromium-browser> type "about:plugins" in URL address bar.
- if you see "No plug-ins are installed", means plugins doesnt work for you, thats why flash is not working

Work around:
1) sudo vim /etc/chromium-browser/default
2) edit chromium flags to look like following

# Options to pass to chromium-browser
CHROMIUM_FLAGS="--enable-plugins"

3) start chromium-browser and check "about:plugins"
4) you should see some installed plugins now

neshaug

Thanks allot. Can you also add how you got the adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so file?

chenhow

Hi,

Don't know why your comment not showing in my blog. Anyway, to have
libflashplayer.so, u have to install flash using below command.

sudo aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree

lockgoh

you have better way to do it, corrupt your linux partition table, take out windows xp setup cd, set it up, and it's done, forget about the stupid command

chenhow

I think those stupid command are kinda cute.

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