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Adobe flash player installation in Ubuntu
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This is to install adobe flash player in Ubuntu 14.04 or higher. This works for Firefox browser.

If you have a 32-bit OS, run

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

Make sure each of the commands executed successfully.

If you have 64-bit OS,

Open “Software & Updates” from unity dash, and enable the partners repository under "Other Software” tab. Once done, run the below commands to install flash

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get purge adobe-flash{plugin,-properties-gtk}  (preferred)
sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin (preferred, OR) sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

After the installation, open this in your Firefox browser to see the flash player version details.

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