Adobe Flash on Ubuntu 64 bit (including video)

For a long time installing Adobe Flash player in 64 bit Linux was a pain in the but; not anymore. Earlier this year (Feb), Adobe launched a pre-realease  alpha of the famous proprietary format player for 64 bit OSes. Because of this I decided to move from 32 bit Ubuntu and I love it. The player is available for download on their development website (direct link to file).

To install it you need to download the file, untar it and copy it to ~/.mozilla/plugins (if the directory doesn’t exist, create it). To see hidden folders (eg. .mozilla) in Nautilus press Ctr+h. From the terminal assuming you downloaded the file to your desktop:

cd ~/Desktop
tar zxvf libflashplayer-10.0.42.34.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins
mv libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins

Now restart Firefox and you’re ready to go. Enjoy!

View Fullscreen (ogg, requires Firefox 3.5 or Google Chrome) or Save (Link/Target) As to download

Notes: If you downloaded the file somewhere else cd ~/path/to/file instead of ~/Desktop.
NB: The video does not have any sound, don’t worry if you don’t hear anything. Leave a comment if you would like sound in future screencasts.
Update: I’ve included the newest alpha, 10.0.42.34, released December 8th.