Public bug reported:
Since google no longer bundles its pepperflash plugin with chrome's debs
(bug #1632870) the recommended way to get the plugin is by installing
adobe-flashplugin from the partner repository. However, since it also
includes the outdated NPAPI-plugin this will result in two flash-plugins
being installed to Firefox' plugin directory, due to the fact that
browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash and adobe-flashplugin doesn't use
the same alternative link, which they should.
In /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins there's currently two links:
flash-mozilla.so -> /etc/alternatives/flash-mozilla.so (installed by
browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash)
flashplugin-alternative.so -> /etc/alternatives/mozilla-flashplugin (installed
by adobe-flashplugin)
browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash should use the same alternatives-
link as the official package but with an higher priority, which would
eliminate the compability issue.
Also the recommend of pepperflashplugin-nonfree should be removed and
solely recommend adobe-flashplugin instead.
** Affects: freshplayerplugin (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
Since google no longer bundles its pepperflash plugin with chrome's debs
- (<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pepperflashplugin-
- nonfree/+bug/1632870">bug #1632870</a>) the recommended way to get the
- plugin is by installing adobe-flashplugin from the partner repository.
- However, since it also includes the outdated NPAPI-plugin this will
- result in two flash-plugins being installed to Firefox' plugin
- directory, due to the fact that browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash
- and adobe-flashplugin doesn't use the same alternative link, which they
- should.
+ (bug #1632870) the recommended way to get the plugin is by installing
+ adobe-flashplugin from the partner repository. However, since it also
+ includes the outdated NPAPI-plugin this will result in two flash-plugins
+ being installed to Firefox' plugin directory, due to the fact that
+ browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash and adobe-flashplugin doesn't use
+ the same alternative link, which they should.
In /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins there's currently two links:
flash-mozilla.so -> /etc/alternatives/flash-mozilla.so (installed by
browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash)
flashplugin-alternative.so -> /etc/alternatives/mozilla-flashplugin
(installed by adobe-flashplugin)
browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash should use the same alternatives-
link as the official package but with an higher priority, which would
eliminate the compability issue.
Also the recommend of pepperflashplugin-nonfree should be removed and
solely recommend adobe-flashplugin instead.
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Compability issue with adobe-flashplugin
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