Chromium browser on Linux : Flash now working

koma — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:43:10 +0000

UPDATE : for builds after 3.0.194.0, the directive ”–enable-plugins” is no longer activated by default, so you need to pass this option to enjoy flash.

UPDATE : Bad news : the latest updates (3.0.195.0~svn20090714r20617-0ubuntu1~ucd2~jaunty) break flash again

Good news for chromium-browser users on Linux.

As of today you can get Flash to work. Make sure you have the latest version installed, pay special attention to the date and build (20090710r20374).

koen@d820:/usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins$ apt-cache policy chromium-browser
chromium-browser:
Installed: 3.0.194.0~svn20090710r20374-0ubuntu1~ucd1~jaunty
Candidate: 3.0.194.0~svn20090710r20374-0ubuntu1~ucd1~jaunty
Version table:
*** 3.0.194.0~svn20090710r20374-0ubuntu1~ucd1~jaunty 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Now, make a symbolic link to the flash library in your chromium plugins directory.

koen@d820:/usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so

That’s it. Go give it a try at YouTube.

Enjoy!

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Chromium browser on Linux : Flash now working