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Anonymous
November 14, 2019
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32.0.0.293 no longer works on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

  • November 14, 2019
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I'd like to know if this is by accident, but it looks to me like the latest flash release was compiled with too new dependencies to be able to run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 / CentOS6 / Scientific Linux 6:

% ldd libflashplayer.so
./libflashplayer.so: /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.21' not found (required by ./libflashplayer.so)

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    _maria_
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    _maria_Community Manager
    Community Manager
    December 12, 2019

    There are duplicate posts for this issue which results in the related comments posted to multiple locations, therefore, to keep comments in one location, locking this as a duplicate of https://community.adobe.com/t5/flash-player/32-0-0-293-on-firefox-70-0-1-under-centos-7-7/td-p/10756098

     

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    Issue is also being tracked at https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FP-4199058

      _maria_
      Community Manager
      _maria_Community Manager
      Community Manager
      December 11, 2019

      For security reasons, Flash Player for Linux has been compiled with updated library dependencies. Please refer to the bottom of https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/release-note/readme-flash-player-linux.html for a list of library dependencies. To continue using Flash Player on Linux requires updating to a distro that supports these libraries.

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      BiloxiGeek
      Participating Frequently
      December 11, 2019

      Updating to a distro that supports those libraries is not a viable solution for a lot of systems. You need to fix the flash plugin to support RHEL/CentOS 7 at least. I can kind of understand not supporting 6 at this point. RHEL 6 is going EOL 11/30/2020 and RHEL 7 going EOL 6/30/2024.

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      Anonymous
      December 12, 2019

      As Flash Player's EOL is 12/2020, this is not a big deal. I have removed the plugin from all EL6/7 systems. The users who want to use flash until the end can use it on the Ubuntu 18.04 desktops.

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      BiloxiGeek
      Participating Frequently
      December 10, 2019

      This problem is NOT fixed with the 32.0.0.303 version.  They're still compiling against glibc 3.4.21. I can get flash to work on Fedora 31, but CentOS 6.x and 7.x are a no go.  Don't have a CentOS 8.x system handy to test on right now.

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      andyh30555364
      Participant
      December 10, 2019

      Tried a fresh install last night and adobe still shipping the bugged flash!  I can't believe Adobe isn't aware of this - they do not reply to messages about it either!

      Robert Mc Dowell
      Robert Mc Dowell
      Legend
      December 10, 2019

      To all of you, I suggest to stay pragmatic, respectful and only report the issues, I doubt you react the same to the developers of chrome or firefox when a bug occurs.

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      AntD00d
      Inspiring
      November 22, 2019

      Same in my old 64-bit Debian Jessie v8 PC as shown in my https://community.adobe.com/t5/flash-player/firefox-v68-2-esr-amp-seamonkey-v2-49-5-fail-2-c-flash-player-v32-b293-plugin-in-debian-v8-jessie/m-p/10756841 forum thread. I hope Adobe will fix this soon. 🙂

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      markc77081497
      Participant
      November 21, 2019

      This is also the case on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7:

       

      # cat /etc/redhat-release
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client release 7.7 (Maipo)
      ## ldd /usr/lib64/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so
      /usr/lib64/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so: /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.21' not found (required by /usr/lib64/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so)

       

      Edit: logged as Bug Id: FP-4199058

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        andyh30555364
        Participant
        November 28, 2019

        Same for CentOS - Flash has disappeared from the installed plugins, the OS reports it installed.  Resinatalling doesn't remedy.

         

        Workaround is using an archived version, extract the .SO file and replace the installed one - add an "exclude=flashplayer*' in /etc/yum.conf to prevent update

         

        Tried last night with a fresh centos install - still not fixed.

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