Complete Guide: Installing get-flash-videos on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2024

1. Install "get-flash-videos" package

This is a short guide on how to install get-flash-videos on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                get-flash-videos
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "get-flash-videos" package

Learn how to uninstall get-flash-videos on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the get-flash-videos package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: get-flash-videos
Priority: optional
Section: universe/video
Installed-Size: 432
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Architecture: all
Version: 1.25~git2014.03.23-2
Depends: libcrypt-blowfish-perl, libdata-amf-perl, libhtml-parser-perl, libhtml-tree-perl, libmodule-find-perl, libtie-ixhash-perl, liburi-perl, libwww-mechanize-perl, libwww-perl, rtmpdump, perl
Recommends: get-iplayer, libcrypt-rijndael-perl, liblwp-protocol-socks-perl, libxml-simple-perl
Suggests: mplayer
Filename: pool/universe/g/get-flash-videos/get-flash-videos_1.25~git2014.03.23-2_all.deb
Size: 99330
MD5sum: 463a0839cfb7e39b780b46983d8dd2b5
SHA1: 0e4eaa214dc6cf8fa26fb6ee954ff6b859df6038
SHA256: 30f7240d1dc954d5c148e868e4fbf38bcb632e60794138d5ba045be6f6d9bf5e
Description-en: video downloader for various Flash-based video hosting sites
get-flash-videos download videos from various Flash-based video hosting
sites, without having to use the Flash player. Handy for saving videos for
watching offline, and means you don't have to keep upgrading Flash for sites
that insist on a newer version of the player.
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Includes support for the following sites/players (and more!):
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YouTube, eHow, Brightcove (used by many sites like Channel 4, Daily
Telegraph ...), BBC (news, etc), Metacafe, 5min, Google, fliqz,
nicovideo, vimeo, Blip, Break, Collegehumor, Muzu, Sevenload, Megavideo,
Wat.tv.
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Also includes a 'generic' method which works on many other sites.
Description-md5: a8971e9929da8e3861b1a68a16806092
Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/get-flash-videos/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu