How to Install and Uninstall flashplugin-installer Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: March 28,2024

1. Install "flashplugin-installer" package

This is a short guide on how to install flashplugin-installer on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install flashplugin-installer

2. Uninstall "flashplugin-installer" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall flashplugin-installer on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):

$ sudo apt remove flashplugin-installer $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the flashplugin-installer package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: flashplugin-installer
Architecture: amd64
Version: 32.0.0.465ubuntu0.20.04.2
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_32.0.0.465ubuntu0.20.04.2_amd64.deb
Size: 3404
MD5sum: cc216bc12e1bd0c2f763a2bc47acf67f
SHA1: e2c3ad819c7301fc680d553da3a8d13b8ceebdcb
SHA256: 8e453aadcbe243cfe0313b0b7a603c64d1ee2d8fb6bec78e7c1dcdc33d4d35f9
SHA512: 5dcb81a3122f2ce34c45f3325754ba990c61d1d9999ddc8ebc0d4f62736dccfbb4483aeb3361ffb1ca7efd87dce15957eb97a926730aad237a8bbac8cf45d667
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: 32.0.0.363ubuntu1
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: 59
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, libpango-1.0-0, 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_32.0.0.363ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 6696
MD5sum: f34a86d8818222cc66411a6ae9b17a60
SHA1: a23bcfd64c001af083a78fb3aafb921b63764457
SHA256: a773eb9ef12ee2d82bd1b5094ab896d36ff761c54608214f1b766f70117ea9f5
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)