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Now, that Adobe has stopped issuing new releases for Linux desktops, the only option for users is to use Google Chrome, for those who want to use the latest Flash updates. I use Chromium. Is there any way to get Chromium use the Flash from Google Chrome? The reason I as this question is that I have noticed both these browsers run in the background, so technically, the browsers' plugins are available to use.

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Please could you explain what you mean by "both these browsers run in the background" and how that is relevant to using the browsers' plugins? – vasa1 Jul 2 '12 at 3:04
unlike previous versions of firefox and google-chrome, latest version of chrome and chromium starts up as soon as you login to the desktop; it then keeps running in the background. so, i was thinking, if there is a way to make use of that and call the Pepper Flash plugin from Chromium. – Ubuntuser Jul 2 '12 at 23:13
Does Chrome start as soon as you login because you have "Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed" ticked in Chrome's settings (advanced)? See this for an image. – vasa1 Jul 3 '12 at 2:24
yes it is. but thats not my concern. i was asking if we can use the latest flash pluin from Chrome. – Ubuntuser Jul 3 '12 at 13:11

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Download Google Chrome and extract libpepflashplayer.so from /opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash in the Chrome deb file Copy libpepflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins Make the necessary changes to the Chromium startup

sudo gedit /etc/chromium-browser/default

Add this to the CHROMIUM_FLAGS

CHROMIUM_FLAGS="--ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=11.5.31.2"

You can get the correct version of the flash plugin from the "version": json tag in the mainfest.json from /opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash in the Chrome deb file

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This worked great for me: http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/how-to-make-chromium-use-flash-player.html

It's similar to Craig's answer but with help for the "flags" part.

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Nice! Please add a summary to your answer, just in case anything happens to the external link. – carnendil Apr 18 at 17:57
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There in no need to use flash from Google Chrome. You can simply install it from command line. 

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

Wait until finished. Then restart your browser and enjoy.

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thats not what i am asking for. please read the whole question – Ubuntuser Jul 1 '12 at 23:53
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There are now two Flash plug-ins: one, the one obtained by using the command you suggest, will have only security updates. The other, Pepper Flash, is provided by Google along with each installation of Google Chrome and will have security updates and new or improved features. What OP wants to do is to have the Chromium browser use this second plug-in. – vasa1 Jul 2 '12 at 3:09
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Try copying the libflashplayer.so from /opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash to /usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins.

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unfortunately, it didnt work! :) – Ubuntuser Jul 7 '12 at 9:35

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