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    • asker77
      asker77 last edited by

      Flash will not run on Ubuntu 14. I have downloaded it but it does not see it. Tried to find a solution but have not been able to. Thank you.

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      • asker77
        asker77 last edited by

        Actually, I do have Flash installed and it works fine on another browser. Opera says it needs to be downloaded which I have done in all versions except the tar file.

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        • sgunhouse
          sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

          What type of Flash? Firefox and related browser use the NPAPI version, while Chromium and Opera use PPAPI.

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          • asker77
            asker77 last edited by

            I must have the firefox version. But have tried installing three versions that are on the Flash Download list for Linux.

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            • sgunhouse
              sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

              The one listed in your package manager as pepperflash-nonfree should work, provided you've enabled the nonfree repository. Later versions of Ubuntu have only one package for Flash but it installs all versions.

              If you go to opera://plugins what does it say?

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              • asker77
                asker77 last edited by

                Pepperflash installed. opera://plugins just says "Chrome PDF Viewer"

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                • asker77
                  asker77 last edited by

                  Pretty sure the nonfree repository is enabled. It looks like the right multiverse lines are uncommented.

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                  • huwanhsin
                    huwanhsin last edited by

                    Try what is told at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Chromium/Getting-Flash .

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                    • dolphintweety
                      dolphintweety last edited by

                      Adobe created a deb file for flash plugin for opera https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer

                      If you click on the link above, the site will detect your browser, you only need to select the right package for your system:
                      Just select APT for Ubuntu 10.04 and higher

                      Hope that helps.

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                      • asker77
                        asker77 last edited by

                        Thanks dolphintweety,

                        However, the Ubuntu software center pops up and says...

                        "There isn’t a software package called “adobe-flashplugin” in your current software sources."

                        I'm on version 14 so it should have worked.

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                        • dolphintweety
                          dolphintweety last edited by

                          I got 16.04 LTS. There is an article about this issue on webup8 but it's old and I don't know if it's still working but you could give it a try http://www.webupd8.org/2014/12/how-to-get-flash-and-h264-to-work-in.html

                          Good luck!

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                          • arnoldo1466
                            arnoldo1466 last edited by

                            I have got 16.10 and the latest opera version and none of this works unfortunately. This is really incredible that a browser cannot have Flash working easily (while it's working on Firefox and Chrome).Has anybody been able to work it out? Thanks a lot for your help.

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                            • ns-aeon
                              ns-aeon last edited by

                              I am using Ubuntu 16.04, and flash sometimes works, while other times it doesnt.

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                              • gustavwiz
                                gustavwiz last edited by

                                @asker77 and everyone else: You have to enable the canonical partners repository in order to install adobe-flashplugin. You can do everything with these three commands:

                                sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu `sed -n '/UBUNTU_CODENAME/s/.*=//p' /etc/os-release` partner" 
                                sudo apt update
                                sudo apt install adobe-flashplugin
                                

                                Then restart Opera.

                                The first command adds the repository. You can also do that graphically by following these instructions, but the command is easier (cred to Ruarí Ødegaard).

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