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Flash Players and Flash in general (the format etc). Use this tag if you have trouble enabling or installing Flash in Ubuntu.

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Flash player errors since most recent update

Since this mornings updates; I am unable to load flash player (Websites tell me it is either not installed or not activated). It shows as correct version in Chrome Components and I have also ...
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WINE - Cannot install adobe flash player (file not found)

I have a problem installing Adobe Flash Player in Playonlinux or Wine standalone. I have read all related threads and have a basic understanding of how Wine works. I have downloaded the setup file (...
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adobe-flashplugin active and working in Firefox, not in Chromium

When enabling Canonical Partner repositories, and installing adobe-flashplugin from them using apt, the plugin functions fine on Firefox, but is disabled by chromium. That's my about:version screen ...
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flash player ubuntu16.04

I am using ubuntu 16.04. I have used the commands sudo apt-get install pepperflashplugin-nonfree sudo update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree --install to install pepper flash but after the 2nd command I ...
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How can I determine the version of Adobe Flash currently installed?

I would like to find the version number of Adobe Flash currently installed on my Ubuntu system. Adobe's web site says the latest version for Linux is 26.0.0.131, but if I execute apt show adobe-...
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why is there no "Adobe Flash Player" in these searches

This web page from finance.google.com or www.google.com/finance says "Adobe Flash Player" is required for interactive charts. The application called "Ubuntu Software" has a search feature. The ...
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Some online video players doesn't work

I've just installed Ubuntu 17.04. And faced the following problem: youtube player works pretty fine, but this one doesn't. I've installed actual version of Flash Player and refreshed Mozilla settings. ...
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flash player download Ubuntu 14.04 LTS [duplicate]

Canonical seems to have deleted flash player. Where can i download (from terminal or browser and install myself with sudo) for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS i uninstalled as some live sport site was not wwortking,...
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flash videos won't play in any browser

I used to play streams from crictime and they used to play without any problem in both firefox and chrome, but they won't anymore. Youtube videos play without any problem. I have already seen Problem ...
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Which software package has the flash plugin for the konqueror web browser?

I have installed the package that provides a flash plugin to use with firefox and chromium. (adobe-flash-plugin) Which software package has the flash plugin for the konqueror web browser? When ...
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Flash can't find Logitech 4000 webcam in Firefox but finds it in Chrome

I need a webcam for online tutoring, but my old Logitech is not found in Flash using Firefox (53.02). Flash finds it in Chrome, but I prefer working in Firefox. Is there a fix? I tried changing about:...
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Flash Player does not install on Ubuntu Web Browser [duplicate]

Flash player works fine with Chrome, but cannot install on Ubuntu Web Browser. I am on Ubuntu 17.04 and up to date.
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How to install Scratch 2 on Ubuntu 16.10. or 17.04 (64bit)?

I need to install Adobe Air on Ubuntu 16.10/17.04 with offline Scratch 2. Air is many years unsupported on Linux, so there are several workarounds. One which worked for me up to Ubuntu 16.04 (using ...
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Is there any user-friendly way of using pendrives in Ubuntu?

Everytime I have to put something in a pendrive from a different computer where it was formatted, I have to format it again with GParted because it is only in read-mode. I tryed even opening nautilus ...
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How can I use Adobe Connect Add-in on Ubuntu

I use Adobe Connect to host online meetings. For some features to work I need to use a special version of flash designed for that product called Adobe Connect Add-in, which integrates into the web ...
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How do we verify that Adobe Flash Player installed properly?

YouTube is working fine, but some other websites show an error about missing Adobe Flash Player. How can I get rid of this and verify that Adobe Flash Player installed properly? I am using Ubuntu 16....
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Cannot install Google Chrome Ubuntu 16.04

I was trying to watch ABC iview using Firefox, but I was getting poor playback like I had a very poor link when I have good bandwidth. The playback would run fine for a few minutes and then revert to ...
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Is Flash Player 25 update (adobe-flashplugin) being late?

I installed it through Ubuntu Software (Center) and I still haven't received the update (but I received previous updates). Is just a release time issue (like for Firefox for Ubuntu Canonical which is ...
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Cannot play DRM content in browsers (honestly, I've looked)

Okay, before you guys say it's been answered and besiege me with links, I promise I've spent a TON of time searching: honestly I've looked, I've tried everything on every post I've found. I hopped in ...
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How do I install & configure Flash in Chromium > 56 on Ubuntu 16.10?

I performed the following two commands to install Flash: $ sudo update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree --install $ sudo apt install adobe-flashplugin However, website elements that make use of Flash, are ...
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Is it possible to save programs you download from the "repository" in some kind of "setup" format, so you can install them in the future offline? [duplicate]

Downloading programs with one line of code from this magical place called the repository sounds good in theory, but I really feel the need to have my programs somewhere safely stored in some kind of ...
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Firefox and other browsers fail to launch after Flash downloaded [closed]

Firefox, and now Thunderbird Mail, Chromium, and Browser, fail to launch from Dash after I installed Adobe Flash plugin downloaded from Applications Store. The problem persisted after removal, ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 And Flash Support

I need flash support to do some of my school work. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04. How do I download flash? This post says support has ended for flash. Although it does say Google Chrome supports flash, ...
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Flash Installation issues [duplicate]

My PC is a Dell approximately 7-8 years old running Ubuntu 16.10 I have watched tutorials on youtube and tried to install the ubuntu restricted extras to help make the install a bit easier to no ...
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Ubuntu Server installed on high capactiy Micro-sized USB

Just out of curiosity, I would like to ask if anyone has experience installing Ubuntu 16.04 lts server on micro-sized USB flash drives with capacity of 128GB that come preformated in exfat as per the ...
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YouTube issue with Lubuntu 16.04

I guess I'm a newbie when it comes to linux, but I managed to perform a clean install on an old Compaq mini netbook (CQ10-120LA). Everything is smooth except when it comes to playing YouTube videos, ...
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Trying to install Adobe Flash on fresh Ubuntu 16.10 instance

I'm trying to install Adobe Flash Player on Ubuntu 16.10 and I'm having issues. I keep reading to use apt-get install adobe-flashplugin but that doesn't work for me like it does every other person. ...
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Hot to make Facebook play videos with HTML5 player

I'm using latest Opera on Kubuntu 16.10. For some time all chromium based browser abandoned support for flash player (including pepperflashplayer). As HTML5 players are more and more used that shouldn'...
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unmet dependencies problem installing adobe flashplugin

I was trying to install adobe flashplugin in my pc.But while installing it wasn't installed perfectly.I give a screenshot of the terminal while installing.Please help me by recognizing problem and ...
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How to verify which player is being used?

Is it possible to verify which player (HTML5 or Flash) is being used to render a video in Chrome/ium even if no information providing context menu is available?
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Unable to play video in Hotstar (ubuntu 14.04 LTS)

I tried to play video from www.hotstar.com through Mozilla Firefox and Chromium both, but it was just buffering instead of playing: In chromium, I was recommended to install adobe flashplugin but ...
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package 'adobe-flashplugin' has no installation candidate . How can i solve this error?

I'm trying to install a newest version of flash player on my laptop, I'm running ubuntu 14.04.5 (by flashdrive, not using a dual boot). I was reading other questions about this topic but I keep ...
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Screen flashing after upgrade to Ubuntu 16.10 (graphics card NVIDIA GT750M)

I've just upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 to 16.10 with no errors, but now I have a flashing screen, with a black desktop; I can only see the task bar and the top ribbon with the time and date. I've ...
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Can using gParted let me use my failed windows flash drive?

So a Windows 7 thumb-drive I made just resulted into a blinkung-cursor and nothing else. But before I delete it, can I use GParted to mount it to a partition on my HD?
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Unable to open local .swf in any browser

When trying to open locally saved .swf (any) in Chromium or Firefox instead of opening it browser opens save prompt. Flash plugin is installed for both, flash is working when viewed embedded into ....
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Bootable flash drive for ubuntu [duplicate]

I'm trying to make my usb flash drive to a bootable stick. I've downloaded the ubuntu 16.10 iso and whenever I try to make it with startup disk creator this error occure. What should I do?
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Ubuntu 16.04 Error this plugin is not supported. Flash Player

When I try to run flash on any website it says this Plugin is not supported Specs: 1.9 GiB Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz × 2 Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV620 (DRM 2.43.0, LLVM 3.8.0) 64-bit 155.3 GB ...
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Ubuntu won't play videos on either browser or native client

I have a standard Ubuntu 16.04 laptop (recent install), which just won't play videos at all. If I went on youtube, the video would load, and I can jump from various places in the timeline and see the ...
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Adobe Flash installation problem in Xubuntu 16.04.1 i386

This question and answer may be applicable to other Ubuntu distros. After I installed Xubuntu 16.04.1 on my i386 laptop I noticed that I soon got a notice from the updater that the Adobe Flashplayer ...
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Flash crashing in firefox

When watching youtube videos flash will occasionally crash, this almost always happen when i change the system volume or hit mute. I've tried removing flash and reinstalling with apt install ...
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prepare2upvideo

I seem to have a browser hijacker. I don't know where it came from, but it seems to work only, or at least primarily, on Pandora.com. I looked at the malwarebytes website to learn more about it, but ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 HBO Nordic [duplicate]

I'm unable to watch HBO Nordic on my laptop using Ubuntu. I previously used ubuntu 14.04 32-bit but was unable to get firefox to play HBO. When you played a movie I could only see the loading screen. ...
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Flash drive unmounted by itself

Yesterday I mounted my flash drive properly to a folder in my home directory. However, I had to restart my computer to finish installing updates, and when I logged back on, my flash drive was ...
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Install Lubuntu on Fujitsu Futro S450 Thin Client which is using Compact Flash as HDD

Trying to install Lubuntu on Fujitsu Futro S450 Thin Client which is using Compact Flash as HDD. Installed on internal Compact Flash using Lubuntu ISO Image on USB Installer runs no problems At the ...
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pipelight: error downloading wine-flash-installer

I've been trying to use pipelight to install Flash on Firefox so I can watch HBO Now. I am able to install Widevine and Silverlight without any issues but I get the following error in console when it ...
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Flash on google-chrome not working, but IS working in Firefox [closed]

So I have the opposite problem as most posts that I've seen: flash works in Firefox, but not in google-chrome. The weird part is that under chrome://plugins, I can see Adobe Flash Player (v. 23.0....
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Video Streaming such as WatchESPN/HBOGo/WatchTNT/etc. will not work

For some reason, video streaming services such as WatchESPN and HBOGo will not work. However, youtube videos will play just fine. I have HAL installed and the latest version of flash. I've looked at ...
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Chromium build (out of tree), Plugins location, and Flash?

I wanted to install Chromium "out of tree" on Ubuntu 14.04, and I found Where can I find Chromium binary tarballs? - so I tried: wget http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-...
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Music in Flash player stops when I switch to a terminal

I am using Xubuntu 16.04. I have observed some weird behavior. I don't know if it stems from flash player though. Only relevant thing with it can be flash player. I opened up the browser (firefox) ...
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Accidently Formated a 16gb flash drive as a partition?! help! [closed]

I have a 16gb flash drive that I formatted. Now all of a sudden when I connect it to my PC, it neither mounts nor gives any indication that a flash drive is inserted. But when I open Disks from the ...
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