Comment 27 for bug 304969

Hello all,
              I have this same problem and that is because this location has changed wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz and so unable to install flash.

The work around to this problem is to get this package install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz and install it via terminal.I have attached this tar package.

The following are the steps:

1.open a terminal as root and type
     locate firefox-3.0.7 |grep plugins <return>

This will list two enteries
/usr/lib/firefox-3.0.7/plugins
/usr/lib/firefox-3.0.7/searchplugins --->remember this path EXACTLY /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.7

Here the firefox version is 3.0.7 and so this line firefox-3.0.7 if it is firefox-3.x.x do accordingly after using the locate command.

if you have any doubt regarding the version of firefox,check the version from firefox menu in Help->About Mozilla Firefox and confirm the version.

2.Extract the install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz tar package and change(cd) to it from a terminal.

root@solutions-desktop:~/Desktop/install_flash_player_9_linux# ls
flashplayer-installer libflashplayer.so
root@solutions-desktop:~/Desktop/install_flash_player_9_linux#

3.Run the install from the terminal

root@solutions-desktop:~/Desktop/install_flash_player_9_linux# ./flashplayer-installer

Copyright(C) 2002-2006 Adobe Macromedia Software LLC. All rights reserved.

Adobe Flash Player 9 for Linux

Adobe Flash Player 9 will be installed on this machine.

You are running the Adobe Flash Player installer as the "root" user.
Adobe Flash Player 9 will be installed system-wide.

Support is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/

To install Adobe Flash Player 9 now, press ENTER.

To cancel the installation at any time, press Control-C.

NOTE: Please exit any browsers you may have running.

Press ENTER to continue...

Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, Netscape,
or Opera browser (i.e., /usr/lib/mozilla): /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.7

----------- Install Action Summary -----------

Adobe Flash Player 9 will be installed in the following directory:

Browser installation directory = /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.7

Proceed with the installation? (y/n/q): y

Installation complete.

Perform another installation? (y/n): n

Please log out of this session and log in for the changes to take effect.

The Adobe Flash Player installation is complete.

root@ecsolutions-desktop:~/Desktop/install_flash_player_9_linux#

And you are Done.Please feel free to give any feedbacks.