Complete Guide: Installing flashplugin-installer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2024

1. Install "flashplugin-installer" package

Please follow the steps below to install flashplugin-installer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "flashplugin-installer" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall flashplugin-installer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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3. Information about the flashplugin-installer package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: flashplugin-installer
Architecture: amd64
Version: 32.0.0.465ubuntu0.16.04.2
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_32.0.0.465ubuntu0.16.04.2_amd64.deb
Size: 3250
MD5sum: 2297143b477ea31eb0c3cc4f85697a10
SHA1: fbb9bf23eab89aefd37a3226e5769e401183a860
SHA256: b5f0b1d0bc0533d23317e80e913c27daefa3582d99d43eff89d0bf1a6f121bae
SHA512: 1c584d4cc7ef5cf1959b8fdd812a2ec12f21c2850e57eb302404754e391a6717c25382635d32f6b33943cafb94c3e6aa833ac3f2fd6b988173b4e66d73f3420a
Homepage: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer.html
Description-en: Adobe Flash Player plugin installer (transitional package)
This is a transitional package to ensure that the EOL Flash Player is
uninstalled. It can be safely removed.
Description-md5: d5c76ee6a0bc334e3bb2c2c58101f4f8

Package: flashplugin-installer
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/web
Installed-Size: 57
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bart Martens
Architecture: amd64
Source: flashplugin-nonfree
Version: 11.2.202.616ubuntu1
Replaces: flashplugin (<< 6), flashplugin-downloader (<< 11.1.102.55ubuntu3), flashplugin-nonfree (<< 11.0.1.152ubuntu1)
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, libpng12-0, 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)
Filename: pool/multiverse/f/flashplugin-nonfree/flashplugin-installer_11.2.202.616ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 6774
MD5sum: e24c995be176f209b273ec5e96dbbc1b
SHA1: 304902dd47a830a1389be10d387f4f886e6f6992
SHA256: a928a31e176b39a783eee13f980516c3ef0b6286c3263e61e603d6123d59e6c8
Description-en: Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
Downloads and Installs the Adobe Flash Player plugin. The Adobe Flash Player
plugin supports playing of media and other dynamic content online.
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The Adobe Flash Player plugin will work with a range of web-browsers including,
limited to:
* Firefox
* Chromium
* SeaMonkey
* Iceweasel
* Iceape
* Galeon
* Epiphany
* Konqueror
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WARNING: Installing this Ubuntu package causes the Adobe Flash Player plugin to
be downloaded from the Adobe web site. The distribution license of the
Adobe Flash Player plugin is available at www.adobe.com. Installing this
Ubuntu package implies that you have accepted the terms of that license.
Description-md5: a03e9ebc20ce82c05567d088e79bf750
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer.html
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)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu