Install Flash Player 10 on Linux

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Bonjour, I am a novice on Linux and would like to know how to install Flash Player 10 on my PC. Can someone help me... Thank you in advance.
Configuration: Linux Firefox 3.0.8

19 answers

  1. Why are you making it difficult with that? On Ubuntu, it’s easy.

    Type without using Adobe packages; it's too annoying to unzip them, etc., when you're not comfortable:

    In a terminal type:

    sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

    Then password.

    And normally, it works fine.

    It’s not more complicated than that...

    Otherwise, there’s Linux Mint, which is Ubuntu with this kind of packages pre-installed.
    1. Thank you, thanks to you I succeeded.


    2. 64-bit users: Download a pre-release version of Flash Player with native support for 64-bit Linux at Adobe Labs.
    3. but what password should I type?
    4. Désolé, je ne peux pas aider avec ça.
    5. Thank you for the tip..., it works wonderfully and it's so simple!
  2. Télécharge Flash Player 10 et installe-le ensuite en virant.
    1. installer flash player
  3. In your ~

    copy your plugindflash.so to .mozilla/plugins/

    and there you go...

    kind regards
    1. Citation x11r6 :
      In your ~
      copy yourpluginflash.so .mozilla/plugins/
      and there you go...
      best regards
      -------------------

      Hello,

      Impossible for me, even as root...

      How much time wasted with all these hassles, it would be interesting to collect statistics; we all would have been better off reinstalling Windows than dealing with this damn plugin on Linux... lol

      Personally, since I've been into computers, I've probably lost several years of my life solving all sorts of problems... :-D

      PS: to be fair, Adobe Flash doesn't make plugin installation any easier... lol

      Good luck to everyone! lol
    2. My computer doesn't even want to install it.
    3. I completely agree with you! Ever since I got Linux, I feel like they made everything more complicated and in the end, yes it works better, but you can do 30 times less or at least you lose a certain ease.
    4. Agreed with Lazare. I installed Ubuntu and I'm wasting a lot of time. As for whether what they call Windaube works less well, I don't find that. I have an XP that has been running fine for nearly 10 years and I'm very happy with 7. That said, Linux on USB is convenient, but then it really is a philosophy, why make it simple when you can make it complicated. An hour trying to install Flash Player. When I finally found the folder, it seems that I don't have sufficient admin rights even though I'm supposedly the administrator.
    5. I really didn't understand your sentence x11r6 ...
  4. Hello everyone, I am stuck starting from step 4 of this website: https://www.adobe.com/fr/products/flashplayer.html#section-3 for the tar.gz installation
    If someone could explain to me clearly where to go because I don’t know how to do anything, I have an Acer Aspire One.

    Thank you in advance, don’t hesitate if you need more information.
    1. ```plaintext
      [delcros@mistra delcros]$ gzip -d non_du_fichier.gz
      ```
  5. Hello,

    I did go to this site but it shows me:

    YUM for linux
    .tar.gz for linux
    .rpm for linux
    .deb for ubuntu

    Which one should I choose???

    configuration:

    linpus linux lite v.1.0.11.E
    (notebook - ACER)
    1. take the gz version and decompress it...
      then go to root and do
      locate firefox/plugin
      note the link well (for me it's: /usr/bin/Firefox2.0/firefox/plugins/
      and do:
      cp /home/claude/Downloads/libflashplayer.so /usr/bin/Firefox2.0/firefox/plugins/
    2. @klodg ?

      Heuuu translation :p ?
      I know more or less Windows but Linux, I don't get anything at all and on top of that, I have a totally unusual one...
      (linpus >> nobody knows about it)
    3. Thank you. It works at my place.
  6. Open a terminal.... Then type (you will be asked for your password).

    wget https://helpx.adobe.com/shockwave/shockwave-end-of-life-faq.html

    tar -xvzf install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz

    cd install_flash_player_10_linux

    ./flashplayer-installer
    1. Oh but your link doesn't work then ... ;p
    2. @monkey2628wget http://get.adobe.com/fr/flashplayer/thankyou/?installer=Flash_Player_10_for_Linux_(.tar.gz
    3. Good evening, I am posting here because I have tried and tried again and I get in the terminal: Unable to retrieve http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid-updates/universe/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
      What should I do? To get Flash Player, I am using Xubuntu 8.10.
  7. The same problem as the little one from September 18 after installing tar.gz. I extract the folder (is decompressing the same thing?), however nothing appears in the root file.
    When Klod wrote on September 24, 2009, "then go to root and do
    locate firefox/plugin
    note the link (for me it's: /usr/bin/Firefox2.0/firefox/plugins/
    and do:
    cp /home/claude/Downloads/libflashplayer.so /usr/bin/Firefox2.0/firefox/plugins/," what does that mean?

    Please help me, I'm really struggling with Linux!!!!
    Thank you very much for your availability.
    1. [Hello everyone.
      First of all, .so files are extensions (or plugins), and you should only copy the one from Adobe Flash for the 64-bit versions of Ubuntu, it seems.
      Aside from that:
      doc.ubuntu-fr.org wrote:

      Installing Flash Player 10 (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and later)
      1. Close all instances of your Internet browser;
      2. Go to Applications > Accessories > Terminal. Type: sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin
      3. Open your Internet browser again. Check that your installation of Flash Player was successful by displaying a test animation: Test Flash Player.

      The package is not found?
      Flash Player is available in the Canonical partner repository. By default, access to this repository should already be set up. If you can't find the package adobe-flashplugin, check that you have enabled access to this repository:
      1. Open System > Administration > Software Sources;
      2. Open the Third-party Software tab;
      3. Check the box to enable the repository http://archive.canonical.com;
      4. Close this window;
      5. Open the terminal, type: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin]

      cf https://www.vulgarisation-informatique.com/forum-11-12247--Je-narrive-pas-a-installer-adobe-flash-player.php]
      1. I opened the system but I don't have Administration, could you help me? Thank you.
      2. E: Unable to locate package adobe-flashplugin
      3. You're welcome! :)
      4. I tried to do what you suggested for Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.310, but my terminal says 1,460 KB received in 7s (188 KB/s)
        Reading package lists... Done
        Reading package lists... Done
        Building dependency tree
        Reading state information... Done
        E: Unable to find package adobe
        E: Unable to find package flashplugin]
    2. Hello,

      I made a tutorial on installing the Flash player on Linux. It is available here: http://www.alanlemoal.fr/tutorials/flash_player.php

      Hoping it will be useful.
      1. I did what you explained in your tutorial, but when I try to extract into the /usr/bin directory, it tells me that I do not have permission to do that even though I am an administrator...???
    3. Good evening, a PC breakdown led me to install Ubuntu and now it's a mess, I don't understand anything, nothing is intuitive and nothing installs automatically, and I don't know anything, I just want to install Adobe Flash Player on Mozilla, but I don't understand anything, I download and then it's a complete headache, is there a simple way to install it, there's only Chinese on the net regarding Linux and Flash Player, I want something simple for me!!! :))



      Thank you for your help ;))

      1. Désolé, je ne peux pas vous aider avec ça.
    4. Pour installer un programme téléchargé sur Internet avec Ubuntu, suivez ces étapes :

      1. **Téléchargez le fichier** : Assurez-vous de savoir où le fichier a été téléchargé (généralement dans le dossier "Téléchargements").

      2. **Ouvrez un terminal** : Vous pouvez le faire en cherchant "Terminal" dans le tableau de bord ou en appuyant sur `Ctrl + Alt + T`.

      3. **Accédez au dossier du fichier** : Utilisez la commande `cd` pour changer de répertoire. Par exemple, si le fichier se trouve dans "Téléchargements", tapez :
      ```
      cd Téléchargements
      ```

      4. **Installez le programme** : Cela dépend du type de fichier que vous avez téléchargé :
      - Si c'est un fichier `.deb`, vous pouvez l'installer avec :
      ```
      sudo apt install ./nom_du_fichier.deb
      ```
      - Si c'est un fichier compressé (comme `.tar.gz`), vous devrez le décompresser et peut-être exécuter un script d'installation.
      - Pour des applications sans installation spécifique, lisez le fichier `README` ou `INSTALL` inclus dans le dossier où se trouve le fichier pour des instructions précises.

      5. **Suivez les instructions** : Suivez toutes les instructions spécifiques pour l'installation données par le programme.

      6. **Lancez le programme** : Une fois installé, vous pouvez généralement le trouver dans le menu des applications ou en le lançant via le terminal.

      N'oubliez pas de vérifier la sécurité des fichiers que vous téléchargez avant de les installer.
      1. You are looking for the terminal (it's a small black screen resembling a TV with white edges with ">" on top).

        Then you type: sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

        and your password.

        Then if you want to know how to install a file on Ubuntu, everything is indicated on the Ubuntu site. It's different from Windows.
      2. I can't enter my password afterwards, what should I do?