Adobe Flash - official guide is not working for me

[qube...@tutanota.com]

Hi all, I am having an issue with the installation of the Flash Player: https://www.qubes-os.org/faq/#how-do-i-install-flash-in-a-debian-qube <https://www.qubes-os.org/faq/#how-do-i-install-flash-in-a-debian-qube>

The Adobe download offers only the PPAPI or NPAPI versions for Linux 64, for tar.gz. I tried both but when executing the:

tar xf install_flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz

I get error:

tar: install_flash_player_ppapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

I tried to instal it both into a debian template and AppVM. Both fail. The name of the file is correct. I of course execute it in the folder where the file is present.

Thank you!

[unman]

The file name has changed - it's flash_player_ppapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
(or _npapi_)
Check the name you have again.

[qube...@tutanota.com]

This is precisely what I did. See below:

user@flash:~$ ls
flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
user@flash:~$ tar xf install_flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
tar: install_flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory

tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Dec 15, 2018, 5:01 PM by un...@thirdeyesecurity.org:

> On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 04:34:05PM +0100, > qube...@tutanota.com <mailto:qube...@tutanota.com>> wrote:
>
>> Hi all, I am having an issue with the installation of the Flash Player: >> https://www.qubes-os.org/faq/#how-do-i-install-flash-in-a-debian-qube <https://www.qubes-os.org/faq/#how-do-i-install-flash-in-a-debian-qube>>> <>> https://www.qubes-os.org/faq/#how-do-i-install-flash-in-a-debian-qube <https://www.qubes-os.org/faq/#how-do-i-install-flash-in-a-debian-qube>>> >

>>
>> The Adobe download offers only the PPAPI or NPAPI versions for Linux 64, for tar.gz. I tried both but when executing the:
>>
>> tar xf install_flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
>>
>> I get error:
>>
>> tar: install_flash_player_ppapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
>> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>>
>> I tried to instal it both into a debian template and AppVM. Both fail. The name of the file is correct. I of course execute it in the folder where the file is present.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>
> The file name has changed - it's flash_player_ppapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
> (or _npapi_)
> Check the name you have again.
>

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[Ivan Mitev]

On 12/15/18 6:10 PM, qube...@tutanota.com wrote:
> This is precisely what I did. See below:
>
> user@flash:~$ ls
> flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
> user@flash:~$ tar xf install_flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
> tar: install_flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Maybe for some reasons your tar version doesn't automatically detect
that the file is a gz archive. Try to extract it with `tar xzf` instead
of `tar xf`.

But it's most likely that you didn't download the archive properly. I've
just downloaded flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz from the link in
the doc and had no problem extracting it.

Check the file's md5sum - mine is dce1cb23cf104e8e9aaba6d217efe884,
yours should be the same.

(md5sum flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz)

[unman]

On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 05:10:44PM +0100, qube...@tutanota.com wrote:
> This is precisely what I did. See below:
>
> user@flash:~$ ls
> flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
> user@flash:~$ tar xf install_flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
> tar: install_flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>
>
> Dec 15, 2018, 5:01 PM by un...@thirdeyesecurity.org:
>
> > On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 04:34:05PM +0100, > qube...@tutanota.com <mailto:qube...@tutanota.com>> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all, I am having an issue with the installation of the Flash Player: >> https://www.qubes-os.org/faq/#how-do-i-install-flash-in-a-debian-qube <https://www.qubes-os.org/faq/#how-do-i-install-flash-in-a-debian-qube>>> <>> https://www.qubes-os.org/faq/#how-do-i-install-flash-in-a-debian-qube <https://www.qubes-os.org/faq/#how-do-i-install-flash-in-a-debian-qube>>> >
> >>
> >> The Adobe download offers only the PPAPI or NPAPI versions for Linux 64, for tar.gz. I tried both but when executing the:
> >>
> >> tar xf install_flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
> >>
> >> I get error:
> >>
> >> tar: install_flash_player_ppapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
> >> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> >>
> >> I tried to instal it both into a debian template and AppVM. Both fail. The name of the file is correct. I of course execute it in the folder where the file is present.
> >>
> >> Thank you!
> >>
> >
> > The file name has changed - it's flash_player_ppapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
> > (or _npapi_)
> > Check the name you have again.
> >

Please dont top post.

If you look at the names ls gives you
flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz but you are tring to extract
install_flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz

It's late, I know.

[unman]

On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 06:23:09PM +0200, Ivan Mitev wrote:
>
>
> On 12/15/18 6:10 PM, qube...@tutanota.com wrote:
> > This is precisely what I did. See below:
> >
> > user@flash:~$ ls
> > flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
> > user@flash:~$ tar xf install_flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
> > tar: install_flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
> > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>
> Maybe for some reasons your tar version doesn't automatically detect that
> the file is a gz archive. Try to extract it with `tar xzf` instead of `tar
> xf`.
>
> But it's most likely that you didn't download the archive properly. I've
> just downloaded flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz from the link in the
> doc and had no problem extracting it.
>
> Check the file's md5sum - mine is dce1cb23cf104e8e9aaba6d217efe884, yours
> should be the same.
>
> (md5sum flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz)
>

Look at the file names ;-)

[Ivan Mitev]

Aha ! - missed that :)

Indeed, time for whiskey and closing the laptop...

[qube...@tutanota.com]

Omg I see :) I did both now, with and without install but same result. I downloaded the file npapi again and now it works. I suppose it should be npapi if I plan to use it with the Firefox.

I am now stack with the:

create ~/.mozilla/plugins if it does not exist
move libflashplayer.so to ~/.mozilla/plugins, and restart iceweasel.

Sorry ppl :-/


Dec 15, 2018, 5:26 PM by un...@thirdeyesecurity.org:

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