Complete Guide: Installing flashplugin-installer on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) 2024

1. Install "flashplugin-installer" package

This tutorial shows how to install flashplugin-installer on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "flashplugin-installer" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall flashplugin-installer on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the flashplugin-installer package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: flashplugin-installer
Architecture: amd64
Version: 32.0.0.465ubuntu0.18.04.2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/web
Source: flashplugin-nonfree
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bart Martens
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 29
Provides: flashplugin-nonfree
Conflicts: flashplayer-mozilla, flashplugin (<< 6), flashplugin-nonfree (<< 11.0.1.152ubuntu1), libflashsupport
Breaks: flashplugin-downloader (<< 11.1.102.55ubuntu3)
Replaces: flashplugin (<< 6), flashplugin-downloader (<< 11.1.102.55ubuntu3), flashplugin-nonfree (<< 11.0.1.152ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/multiverse/f/flashplugin-nonfree/flashplugin-installer_32.0.0.465ubuntu0.18.04.2_amd64.deb
Size: 3336
MD5sum: be446e0326a3d96fe00df01ca9c4cf16
SHA1: 69b2bfc0fafec31bb1d652732197c660ff3daf8c
SHA256: 181cc5ff058159ab9ed0dc02e90706337cdf2392d25007ab1f2949ada6379d35
SHA512: d8d3a6862a22882253d1ee9d0ae9493f00a042fe27d55d82edc6a6938b7dce2bdd0ce4e0b87a64546ac2f912c6bec974266232a75417a3cecce976550745d737
Homepage: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer.html
Description: Adobe Flash Player plugin installer (transitional package)
Description-md5: d5c76ee6a0bc334e3bb2c2c58101f4f8

Package: flashplugin-installer
Architecture: amd64
Version: 29.0.0.140ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/web
Source: flashplugin-nonfree
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bart Martens
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 58
Provides: flashplugin-nonfree
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, wget, libgtk2.0-0, fontconfig, libxt6, libxext6, libatk1.0-0, libc6, libcairo2, libexpat1, libfontconfig1, libfreetype6, libglib2.0-0, libice6, libpango1.0-0, libsm6, libx11-6, libxau6, libxcursor1, libxdmcp6, libxfixes3, libxi6, libxinerama1, libxrandr2, libxrender1, zlib1g, libnss3, libnspr4, libcurl3 | libcurl3-gnutls, libasound2, update-notifier-common (>= 0.119ubuntu2)
Recommends: libasound2-plugins (>= 1.0.16)
Suggests: firefox, x-ttcidfont-conf, ttf-mscorefonts-installer, ttf-bitstream-vera | ttf-dejavu, ttf-xfree86-nonfree, xfs
Conflicts: flashplayer-mozilla, flashplugin (<< 6), flashplugin-nonfree (<< 11.0.1.152ubuntu1), libflashsupport
Breaks: flashplugin-downloader (<< 11.1.102.55ubuntu3)
Replaces: flashplugin (<< 6), flashplugin-downloader (<< 11.1.102.55ubuntu3), flashplugin-nonfree (<< 11.0.1.152ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/multiverse/f/flashplugin-nonfree/flashplugin-installer_29.0.0.140ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 6656
MD5sum: 70f2312eaa9e17cfe0dd5d3b344e7a16
SHA1: f5831ba63fb822bf061ee81e1563b3b284f73596
SHA256: 3c788facd1e91717fde3e903e2a315ffc2b858f5b39d7b3843714211bdd66bed
Homepage: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer.html
Description: Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
Description-md5: a03e9ebc20ce82c05567d088e79bf750
Npp-Applications: ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384, 92650c4d-4b8e-4d2a-b7eb-24ecf4f6b63a, aa5ca914-c309-495d-91cf-3141bbb04115
Npp-Description: Adobe Flash SWF Player (http://www.adobe.com)
Npp-File: libflashplayer.so
Npp-Mimetype: application/x-shockwave-flash
Npp-Name: Adobe Flash Player (installer)