Install flashplayer

This page is about installing Adobe Flashplayer by force on out-of-date machines.

For most machines, there is a much easier way at Ubuntu_restricted_extras.

You may also be looking for a useful program called Adobe Flash Player Projector, a standalone player that supports the current version of Flash unlike open-source standalone swf/flv players. Visit this download page and download the Linux .tar.gz, which contains a precompiled binary (for x86). Simply extract the file and double click it.

Method 1 - Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04)

Adobe now provides a deb file to install flash.

1. Browse to http://adobe.com
2. Click on "Get Adobe Flashplayer"
3. Click on "Select version to download"
4. Select ".deb for Ubuntu 8.04+"
5. Click "Agree and install now"
6. Make sure "Open with GDebi Package Installer" is selected and click "OK". The file will download and the Package Installer will open.
7. When the Package installer opens, Click "Install Package". It will automatically install Flash.
8. Completely close Firefox and the open it again before using Flash
9. Go to Youtube or another flash-heavy site to test it.

If Hulu Reports: "Express Install Not Supported"

To fix this you need to completely purge the old Flash 9 installation

1. At the command line, enter sudo apt-get remove --purge flashplugin-nonfree
   1. That will completely remove Flash 9 from the buffer.
2. Follow the instructions above to install Flash 10.
3. To make sure Flash 10 is installed, goto about:plugins in the Firefox address bar, and make sure "Shockwave Flash" is at version 10.0 r42

If Firefox still uses flash 9 after installing flash 10 or if flash breaks after removing 9

sudo update-alternatives --auto firefox-flashplugin ;
sudo update-alternatives --auto mozilla-flashplugin ;
sudo update-alternatives --auto iceweasel-flashplugin ;
sudo update-alternatives --auto midbrowser-flashplugin ;
sudo update-alternatives --auto xulrunner-addons-flashplugin ;
sudo update-alternatives --auto xulrunner-flashplugin

Method 2 - download the tar.gz file

Browse to http://www.adobe.com

click on Get Adobe Flashplayer

click the Download .tar.gz file link (You have read the user agreement, right?)

save to disk. In Ubuntu, this will be /home/<your user name>/Desktop. Other systems may download to /home/<your user name> by default.

open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+t)

"cd Desktop" (on an Ubuntu box)

type tar -xvzf ins and then hit the tab key. The line then should look something like "tar -xvzf install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz".

Hit enter. This should result in a series of filenames being typed on the screen as the package is extracted.

enter cd install_flash_player_10_linux

enter sudo ./flashplayer-installer

follow the prompts. When it asks what browser to install it for, select m or a

for the root install, the path for firefox on Ubuntu Dapper is /usr/lib/firefox

the path on Ubuntu Hardy is /usr/lib/firefox-3.0

you should now have flash installed on your freekbox. Open a browser and go to http://youtube.com to test it.