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March 4, 2019
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Issues installing Flash for Firefox on Ubuntu 18.04

  • March 4, 2019
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Since the official support isn't helpful, I was directed to come here.

I'm having difficulties installing Flash for Firefox on Ubuntu 18.04 for a few reasons;

  1. There is no add-ons/plug-ins directory that I can find for Firefox, presumably because most NPAPI plug-ins were deprecated recently.
  2. Firefox itself won't recognize the .SO file as an add-on file, claims it's "corrupt".
  3. Using the APT URL that is suggested doesn't work-- Ubuntu Software claims it doesn't know how to handle apt://, and AptURL says "The channel 'bionic-partner' is not known".

This, of course, leaves me Flash-less and confused. The official Adobe support only lead me through the basic "go to the website that tells you to install Flash and enable it" page, then gave up and directed me here. How, exactly, am I supposed to install Flash on my system?

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    Correct answer Robert Mc Dowell

    maybe this helps

    https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/net-install-flash.html.en

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    Participant
    November 20, 2020

    I've been fighting with this for an hour.  I am so grateful to finally find a solution.

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    November 21, 2020

    It's short lived at best because Flash Player will stop working in a few weeks. 

    See Flash Player End of Life announcement below.

    https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Robert Mc Dowell
    Robert Mc DowellCorrect answer
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    March 4, 2019
    EarthDotBAT
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    March 4, 2019

    Thank you! That did the trick.

    Robert Mc Dowell
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    March 4, 2019

    You're welcome!