linux 32bit flash-player/plugin and problems

linux-32bit-flash-problems.mkd

linux 32bit flash-player/plugin and problems

we want latest PPAPI, but 32bit google-chrome and pepperflash has gone...

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Browser_plugins
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chromium#Flash_Player_plugin

Package/Browser matrix

basic flash player plugins

checkmarks

• [x] completely supported
• [-] partially supported
• [ ] not supported

type

• N NPAPI: old, 2017 EOL
• P PPAPI: new

Package	status	type	Firefox	Chromium
adobe-flashplugin	[x]	N``P	[x]	[x]
pepperflashplugin-nonfree	[-]	P	[ ]	[x]
flashplugin-installer / flashplugin-nonfree	[x]	N	[x]	[ ]

• adobe-flashplugin
• Ubuntu flavours missing possibility; e.g. Lubuntu 16.04 LTS i386
• https://gist.github.com/noromanba/dd72bfcabae909d6214431b474100bcf#file-canonical-partners-xenial-list
• pepperflashplugin-nonfree
• needs manual update and buggy e.g.
• sudo update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree --install
• http://sicklylife.hatenablog.com/entry/2014/10/17/203532 (ja)
• #810504 - pepperflashplugin-nonfree does not update latest version, again new version available - Debian Bug report logs
• flashplugin-installer / flashplugin-nonfree
• works well but maintenance mode, too old

version checker

• http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

pepperflashplugin-nonfree

BUG: can not install now on my environment, see APPENDIX failed log

freshplayerplugin

ppapi2npapi compatibility layer for Firefox

• https://github.com/i-rinat/freshplayerplugin

• https://wiki.debian.org/Freshplayerplugin

• http://packages.ubuntu.com/en/xenial/browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash

• https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=2478

perhaps 2017 EOL

TODO 64bit only now?

Pipelight

Windows plugins in Linux browsers

• http://pipelight.net/cms/
• http://pipelight.net/cms/installation.html
• http://pipelight.net/cms/plugin-flash.html

using customized wine for runnable windows-binary, hmm...

TODO

Shumway

Flash in js for Firefox

• http://mozilla.github.io/shumway/
• https://github.com/mozilla/shumway

"RESOLVED INCOMPLETE" rush

• 1038057 – (shumway-1.0) [meta] Shumway 1.0 milestone: Shumway is enabled by default on Firefox Release for some Flash content

this project perhaps pending or omit, so sad...

GNU Gnash

• https://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/
• http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnash.git

TODO dead?

lightspark

• http://lightspark.github.io
• https://github.com/lightspark/lightspark

TODO dead?

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APPENDIX

32bit Flash history

• http://ptech.g.hatena.ne.jp/noromanba/20160303/1457046725 (ja)

Environment

Lubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Xenial Xerus 32bit

lubuntu@lubuntu:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release:        16.04
Codename:       xenial

pepperflashplugin-nonfree failed log

package: OK flash-bin: NG

install

lubuntu@lubuntu:~$ time sudo apt install pepperflashplugin-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer ttf-dejavu ttf-xfree86-nonfree
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  pepperflashplugin-nonfree
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 11.2 kB of archives.
After this operation, 42.0 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse i386 pepperflashplugin-nonfree i386 1.8.2ubuntu1 [11.2 kB]
Fetched 11.2 kB in 0s (17.6 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package pepperflashplugin-nonfree.
(Reading database ... 160223 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../pepperflashplugin-nonfree_1.8.2ubuntu1_i386.deb ...
Unpacking pepperflashplugin-nonfree (1.8.2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up pepperflashplugin-nonfree (1.8.2ubuntu1) ...
E: No packages found
E: No packages found
E: No packages found
E: No packages found
E: No packages found
E: No packages found
dpkg-deb: error: --extract needs a target directory.
Perhaps you should be using dpkg --install ?

Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages.

real    0m29.392s
user    0m2.396s
sys     0m0.484s
lubuntu@lubuntu:~$ 

not install yet?

package check

lubuntu@lubuntu:~$ aptitude versions pepperflashplugin-nonfree -w 80
Package pepperflashplugin-nonfree:                        
i   1.8.2ubuntu1                                  xenial                    500 
lubuntu@lubuntu:~$ 

already installed package (only)

install PPAPI

lubuntu@lubuntu:~$ sudo update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree --status --verbose
options :  --status --verbose --
temporary directory: /tmp/pepperflashplugin-nonfree.8ceX0tzhmW
doing apt-get update on google repository
no 'apt-get update' warning
E: No packages found
E: No packages found
E: No packages found
E: No packages found
E: No packages found
E: No packages found
downloading http://people.debian.org/~bartm/pepperflashplugin-nonfree/latest-stable-verified.txt
selected action = --status
Flash Player version installed on this system  :
Flash Player version available on upstream site: 22.0.0.209
end of action --status
cleaning up temporary directory /tmp/pepperflashplugin-nonfree.8ceX0tzhmW ...
end of update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree
lubuntu@lubuntu:~$ 

E: No packages found

why?

check status file

lubuntu@lubuntu:~$ GET http://people.debian.org/~bartm/pepperflashplugin-nonfree/latest-stable-verified.txt
52.0.2743.116-1
22.0.0.209
lubuntu@lubuntu:~$ 

looks like valid, this BUG?

• #810504 - pepperflashplugin-nonfree does not update latest version, again new version available - Debian Bug report logs