uninstall pepperflash from Firefox in Ubuntu
I have been having lots of crashes, script errors and problems with Flash recently.
In Firefox in my add-ons list I now have two Shockwave Flash plugin versions, 11.2.202.451 and 16.0.0.235. I can't remember how this happened. I know that 16.0.0.235 is pepperflash and used when Firefox runs in Wine, the ubuntu windows emulator. I don't use Wine and don't need it. Furthermore, I cannot activate version 11 without v16 activating too, and I think v16 is causing the crashes, as the message I get , “pluginloader.exe encountered a serious problem and needs to close” is Windows related.
I want to remove v16 or permanently stop it activating. I cannot see it anywhere else on the system except in the Firefox browser. It's not in the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins folder. Nearest thing to it is a file called pipelight-flash.so which I though was related to pepperflash.
There should be a wrapper called fresh player plugin, but can't find that either
Soluzione scelta
In the end I got rid of it with synaptic package manager, better option than just deletingthe folder. Thanks for help
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You may be able to track it down using the about:plugins page. Type or paste about:plugins in the address bar and press Enter to load it. For each plugin, the full path should be listed. At least, that's how it works on Windows... how about on your system?
Yes, I can track it down that way but I can't delete it as a user, I need to be "root" which I haven't cracked yet. Now I found it, can you suggest what i do with it?
You can use sudo -s in the Terminal to obtain root privileges.
Example: sudo -s ENTER PASSWORD rm /path/to/pepperflash
Soluzione scelta
In the end I got rid of it with synaptic package manager, better option than just deletingthe folder. Thanks for help