How to Install and Uninstall pepperflashplugin-nonfree Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "pepperflashplugin-nonfree" package

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


    
        
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2. Uninstall "pepperflashplugin-nonfree" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall pepperflashplugin-nonfree on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pepperflashplugin-nonfree package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: pepperflashplugin-nonfree
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.8.8~ubuntu16.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 26
Filename: pool/multiverse/p/pepperflashplugin-nonfree/pepperflashplugin-nonfree_1.8.8~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 5104
MD5sum: f3edd4c86f6a85c4eb1d924662906f95
SHA1: 3238f6e3508faf3b5420972b36db89931312bd3b
SHA256: b99b17c0e5a4ad31e9e99f6c3b13ba027e66a0eb5c3dc81c6e5c160fa7ab403b
SHA512: 07744038624804008ddb13e4ec1d4202260d3de4d700e91f12d92dfcdd296310dcb1743e50592e19b1e130f7db108f8cb1f09cffef012436af6f2b8c7ed01f35
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/PepperFlashPlayer
Description-en: Pepper Flash Player - browser plugin (dummy package)
The Adobe Flash Player is EoL and no longer available for download.
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This package is now a dummy package taking care of the removal of a
previously installed Pepper Flash Player plugin. It can be safely removed.
Description-md5: 7fd35f25cdad2ba1f4c3a66f7e2b608c

Package: pepperflashplugin-nonfree
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/web
Installed-Size: 41
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bart Martens
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.8.2ubuntu1
Depends: debconf | debconf-2.0, wget, gnupg, libatk1.0-0, libcairo2, libfontconfig1, libfreetype6, libgcc1, libglib2.0-0, libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.14), libnspr4, libnss3, libpango-1.0-0 | libpango1.0-0, libstdc++6, libx11-6, libxext6, libxt6, libcurl3-gnutls, binutils
Pre-Depends: ca-certificates
Suggests: chromium-browser, ttf-mscorefonts-installer, ttf-dejavu, ttf-xfree86-nonfree
Conflicts: chromium-browser (<< 37.0.2062.120-4), libflash-mozplugin
Filename: pool/multiverse/p/pepperflashplugin-nonfree/pepperflashplugin-nonfree_1.8.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 11176
MD5sum: 5208ec9770a0bccaa9b4763fdf2928c5
SHA1: 772c699f8e1bbbae7c549056607196c883d04c9c
SHA256: c67e51f983aa5b36bb90d88bac3d260b2c461da42c9450944c08356bafefe3f7
Description-en: Pepper Flash Player - browser plugin
This package will download Chrome from Google, and unpack it to make the
included Pepper Flash Player available for use with Chromium. The end user
license agreement is available at Google.
Description-md5: 308421c13180fc4cf682be0755dca66d
Homepage: http://wiki.debian.org/PepperFlashPlayer
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu