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osubsu
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August 28, 2012
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Problems installing with Ubuntu 12.04

  • August 28, 2012
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When I try to install Flash Player for Ubuntu it launches the Ubuntu Software Center which apparently is supposed to contain the app to install Flash. In my case though the Software Center loads and says it can't find the package. When I do a search in the Software Center I cannot find Adobe Flash Player.

Tons of other software is available in the Software Center and I'm live on the Internet.

I have both Firefox and Chromium installed for browsers and have tried from both.

How do I get this installed?

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VikramGaur
Adobe Employee
VikramGaur
Adobe Employee
August 29, 2012

Hello,

Welcome to Adobe Forums.

You can follow these steps :

1) Login with "root" user on your Ubuntu 12.04

2) Launch "Terminal" (Keyboard Shortcut : Ctrl +Alt +T)

3) Type this command and hit Enter : sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

4) Launch Firefox and check do you have Flash Player (http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/)

Thanks,

Vikram


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osubsuAuthor
Participating Frequently
August 29, 2012

When I try this I get an error:

Package flashplugin-install is not available, but is referred to by another package.

This may mean the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source.

E: Package 'flashplugin-installer' has no installation candidate

VikramGaur
Adobe Employee
VikramGaur
Adobe Employee
August 29, 2012

Hello,

Try these 2 command as well on Terminal:

1st : sudo apt-get update

2nd : sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin

Thanks,

Vikram

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