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Does anyone know what libraries I have to install to play .swf files?

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You can use the standalone flashplayer by Adobe : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FlashPlayerStandalone

But you can also open the file in your Internet browser if you have installed flash plugin.

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Ok, I guess I had some sort of configuration problem. When I tried to install the flash plug-in into my browser it said it was already installed, but I still couldn't play the videos. An uninstall/reinstall fixed my problem. – jumpnett Oct 14 '10 at 18:27
    
It did not work when I tried to open my swf on chrome. – BigDong Sep 10 '17 at 14:43
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Sorry, that didn't post right.

Edit /usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml file and change

<mime-type type="application/vnd.adobe.flash.movie">

to

<mime-type type="application/x-shockwave-flash">

and then run

sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime

and then reinstall flash player.

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The real solution to play swf (shockwave flash) files in browsers while they just save or ask to save local swf files. (Pushing some keywords here.) – AliNa Sep 10 '14 at 23:33
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No need to reinstall flash player here. After updating mime database it works. – AliNa Sep 10 '14 at 23:35
    
this works like a charm.. – Gaurav Sharma Dec 29 '14 at 11:13
    
askubuntu.com/questions/478169/… – Alwin Kesler Apr 11 '16 at 14:01
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Tested on Ubuntu 16.04 + Chrome. It works. Thanks a lot! – jap1968 May 9 '16 at 11:22
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.swf files can be opened with gnash swf viewer. If you don't have it:

sudo apt-get install gnash
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Its good but not support Persian or Arabic lang. – Mahdi Parsa Jun 28 '17 at 23:54
    
I do not know however where the Gnash is officially developed and where one should sent suggestions (like Persian and Arabic language support above). On the github github.com/strk/gnash , or at savannah savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnash ? At the first one there are some commits from 2016, but the second one seems to be outdated. In my Ubuntu LTS there is version 0.8.11alpha while the github has a README of 0.8.8. – Arpad Horvath 11 hours ago
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How to open a .swf-file with Firefox browser

Right-click on the file. Choose Properties > Open With, then click on show other applications. Now you can add firefox in the list. Set it as default. Now double-click on the .swf-file.

It will open in the Firefox and play itself. I assume the flashplayer-plugin is already installed in Firefox, else it will ask you to install flashplayer-plugin. Follow the steps and you are good to go.

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This answer does not work in the latest version of Firefox. – Riking Nov 28 '17 at 8:02
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Another solution if you do not want to open it in web browser is you can install shockwave player for windows in Ubuntu via wine. I installed it and it's work fine.

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Install swfdec-gnome 

sudo apt-get install swfdec-gnome

Use latest Google Chrome (which has inbuilt flash support)

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askubuntu.com/a/152976/68508 – BigSack Jun 19 '12 at 9:42
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What worked for me is going to the adobe site and then selecting

Download the Flash Player Projector (64-bit)

Then extract the contents,inside the extracted folder there is a file called flashplayer open it. Then CTRL+O to open the file locally isntead of typing it as a url.

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