Flash support for 64bit Linux

I stole this post from the post I made on the TLLTS forum and modified it some because I think other people have this problem too.

As you all know Linux hasn't been getting the love from Flash as much as other operating system :(. Well luckily even if you are on a 64bit Linux you can still get some Flash support using the various methods from the following:

• nsplugin wrapper - It tries to shove x86 plugins into a x86-64 (or maybe other) browser. Results have varied a lot for me with it.


• nsplugins32 - Judging by the source code I think it uses multilib (two lib directories- lib32 and lib64) and then puts the 32bit binaries of the programs needed to view the plugins in lib32. This works most of the time but has a few problems sometimes. (Sorry I could only find a Gentoo ebuild for it but if you look at the source code most of it is just BASH commands so you might be able to figure it out and I would help anyone if they needed it)


• Use a 32bit browser - I run 32bit firefox and it is probably the easiest and most full proof way to get flash support, I am pretty sure this is possible on an RPM or DEB based distro. I can't seem to get a 32bit konqueror (I admit I haven't tried in a long time though) but 32bit firefox seems to work so right now if a site requires flash I go to (in Konqueror) Location > Open with Firefox


• Gnash - See if this open source Flash replacement works, I haven't had much luck with it last time I tried it but it is always getting better.


• Use WINE - Although using WINE to run a windows program is annoying it means that not only does it mean you can view flash but you can view Flash 8/9 content too.

If you just need flash to view YouTube videos every once in a while try FLVGET which you can just paste a YouTube URL (or any of the many supported sites) and it will automagically convert it to an AVI making it playable (YAY!).

You can also create a 32bit chroot but IMHO that is overkill and takes up a bunch of harddrive space.