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I have tried to install the Beta version of Flash using the Firefox plugin Flash-Aid with no luck. The Beta version right now is the 11.2 and I wanted to test it how it changed in performance wise but I seen to find it difficult to install it.

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First of all, uninstall any Flash version on your system. Download the suitable (32bit or 64bit) installer here: http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer11-2.html

Extract the archive and put libflashplayer.so file in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins for system wide:

sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

For user only:

mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins # If there is not
cp libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins
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  • Somehow is not working. Firefox, even after rebooting still reads 11.0.1.152 Nov 6, 2011 at 17:01
  • Ok, I tried it myself. Unfortunately, /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin directory for system wide solution does not work for me. Instead, /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins works. Also ~/.mozilla/plugins is also working here. So, first uninstall flashplugin-downloader and flashplugin-installer packages, close Firefox and just copy the file to ~/.mozilla/plugins directory. You can check via about:plugins. But, it is not stable. For example on Youtube I see just mixed colours. On dailymotion and a few other sites it is working though. Nov 6, 2011 at 23:41
  • Follow your comment and yes it worked. The actual Beta usage was for performance and testing and as you say, it is very unstable, crashes a lot and has several bugs because still in Beta. Tested in several sites as you did. The overall performance is almost the same as 11.0. Thanks again heartsmagic. Nov 7, 2011 at 0:40
  • You're welcome. Btw, I fixed the wrong directory name for system wide Flash in my answer. Nov 7, 2011 at 0:45

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