How to Install Adobe Flash Player on Google Chrome Linux [Deprecated]

This post is for older version of google chrome. Nowadays google chrome is bundled with flash player. So flash player is no more required to be installed separately. For older versions of chrome which doesn't have flash pleas follow instructions below. First determine if flash player is already installed. Apply following command.

# sudo locate libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

If there is no output it means flash player is not installed. In that case you have to install it.

To install flash player, open a terminal. Press Alt + F2. Type gnome-terminal. Hit Enter.

Command for Ubuntu

# sudo aptitude install flashplugin-installer

For Fedora core, login as root. For example, type su and provide root password and apply following commands.

# rpm -Uvh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.\ noarch.rpm warning: adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID f6777c67 Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:adobe-release-i386 ########################################### [100%] # yum install flash-plugin Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit adobe-linux-i386 | 951 B 00:00 adobe-linux-i386/primary | 12 kB 00:00 adobe-linux-i386 17/17 Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package flash-plugin.i386 0:10.0.42.34-release set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: flash-plugin i386 10.0.42.34-release adobe-linux-i386 3.9 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 1 Package(s) Upgrade 0 Package(s) Total download size: 3.9 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Setting up and reading Presto delta metadata Processing delta metadata Package(s) data still to download: 3.9 M flash-plugin-10.0.42.34-release.i386.rpm | 3.9 MB 03:05 warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID f6777c67 adobe-linux-i386/gpgkey | 3.4 kB 00:00 ... Importing GPG key 0xF6777C67 "Adobe Systems Incorporated (Linux RPM Signing Key) <secure@adobe.com>" from /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux Is this ok [y/N]: y Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Warning: RPMDB has been altered since the last yum transaction. Installing : flash-plugin-10.0.42.34-release.i386 1/1 Installed: flash-plugin.i386 0:10.0.42.34-release Complete!

Press y if asked for confirmation.

Restart your browser. Whether it is Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox no manual configuration is required. Tested on Google Chrome 4.0.249.43 beta.

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If you still get trouble with Google Chrome make symbolic link after creating plugins directory.

# sudo mkdir /opt/google/chrome/plugins # sudo ln -s /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so \ /opt/google/chrome/plugins/libflashplayer.so