How to get Flash working in Opera 9.20
Posted by admin on August 1st, 2007 
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Install Opera web Browser in Ubuntu
Download Opera 9.20 from here
Now you should have opera-static_9.20-20070409.1-qt_en_i386.deb package you need to install using the following command
sudo dpkg –force-architecture -i opera-static_9.20-20070409.1-qt_en_i386.deb
Now you need to download lesstif from here and install this package using the following command
sudo dpkg -i –force-architecture lesstif2_0.93.94-11.4ubuntu3_i386.deb
Now you need to download openmotif from here and install this package using the following command
sudo dpkg -i –force-all openmotif_2.1.30-5_i386.deb
Now you need to install Flash9 from here
Now you need to extract this file using the following comand
sudo tar xzvf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
Now you need to go in to the install_flash_player_9_linux directory
cd install_flash_player_9_linux/
sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/opera/plugins
sudo cp flashplayer.xpt /usr/lib/opera/plugins
Now you need to install following packages
sudo aptitude install ia32-libs ia32-libs-sdl ia32-sun-java5-bin ia32-libs-gtk flashplugin-nonfree sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-jre
Now you need to install Get qt3 libs download qt3 libs from here and install this package using the following comamnd
sudo dpkg -i –force-architecture libqt3-mt_3.3.8really3.3.7-0ubuntu5_i386.deb
Now you can launch your opera webbrowser and enjoy your news,programs etc
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April 5th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
you can see why geeks like linux. Dont get me wrong, I like it too but how much hassle to install a plugin?
April 10th, 2008 at 8:13 am
I have to agree with Paul, what a pain in the ass.
Surely there’s an easier way to get Flash Player working for Opera on Ubuntu, somewhere.
April 10th, 2008 at 10:25 am
try this procedure to install flash for opera
To install Adobe Flash Player after you installed Opera in Ubuntu,
sudo aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree
After the install routine is done you need to add the path to plugins options in opera. Alternatively you could link To find where the new binaries are located do
dpkg -S flashplugin-nonfree
app-install-data: /usr/share/app-install/desktop/flashplugin-nonfree.desktop
flashplugin-nonfree: /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree
flashplugin-nonfree: /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree
flashplugin-nonfree: /usr/share/lintian/overrides/flashplugin-nonfree
flashplugin-nonfree: /usr/share/doc/flashplugin-nonfree
flashplugin-nonfree: /usr/share/doc/flashplugin-nonfree/changelog.gz
flashplugin-nonfree: /usr/share/doc/flashplugin-nonfree/copyright
Alternatively you could link the lib’s binary to Opera’s plugin directory:
sudo ln /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/opera/plugins/
you may need to restart opera in order for plugins to actually work.
In opera’s address field type opera:plugins to see what opera knows about flash
May 17th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Im very new to linux, but i feel compelled to write this as ive tried everything else that was on the web and didnt work.
After weeks of dicking around, writing command lines dealing files types dont wont open in linux Ubuntu.
This worked for me seconds after i tried it, as follows:
Goto System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager > Search
In the search window type flashplugin,
in the results you should be presenrted with flashplugin-nonfree
This is the plugin you need to install, once installed it worked straight away with a restart.
I dont know why or how it worked(as i said im a nOOb) but it did, and im very happy!!!!!
Peace
June 13th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
@ Marko
Marko dude, You are on a pwnage…
If you trick work, I’ll try it out when I’m home
June 29th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Marko
Dude you’re a star - I’ve been trying to figure this one out for weeks (another newbie). I installed flashplugin-nonfree and woohoo I got flash !!!! Nice one mate, All seems so simple (now)!
August 6th, 2008 at 6:38 am
Yeah, that works, for other browsers (mark) but I came to this damn forum for answers on getting flash to work for OPERA.
64bit Opera 9.20 is fucking great, but I cant get flash to run on it.
10 bucks to whomever can tell me how.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:23 am
It works for opera too. Running opera 9.52 on ubuntu 8.04.1 i386. All I had to do was just search up the package and install it. (And restarting opera, of course.) It might not work in 64bit, but since I’m pretty fresh with ubuntu myself I have no idea what you should do.