For those of you who didn’t know, Adobe Flash player is important plugin that allows our web browsers to play multimedia contents like audio and videos streaming, flash based games and other rich media stuff. Adobe Flash player is supported by different web browsers like IE ( Internet Explorer) , Chrome, Firefox , Safari and Opera and can be installed on different operating system like Windows , Linux/ UNIX and Mac OS X and Android.
This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple. I will show you through the step by step installation adobe flash player 11.2 on Ubuntu 14.04.
Install Adobe Flash Player 11.2 on Ubuntu
Step 1. First of all make sure that all packages are up to date.
1 2 | apt-get update apt-get upgrade |
Step 2. Installing Adobe Flash on Ubuntu
Now install the flash player for 32 bit system using the below command:
1 2 | sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras |
Now install the flash player for 64 bit system using the below command:
1 | sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list |
Add the following lines:
1 2 | deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner |
Update repositories and installing flash plugin:
1 2 | sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin |
Congratulation’s! You have successfully installed adobe flash player. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing adobe flash player 11.2 on Ubuntu 14.04 system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official Adobe web site.















