The above instructions are for users of the Mozilla Firefox web browser, as the popular Google Chrome software comes with built-in support for Adobe Flash Player. Alternatively, you can use the provided RPM file or YUM repository for any RPM-based Linux distribution. Next, you will need to download the binary archive and extract its contents in the hidden ~/.mozilla/plugins folder located under your Home directory (create the 'plugins' folder if it doesn’t exist).Īlso, you can extract the contents of the binary archive in the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ folder, as root (system administrator), or install it from the official software channels of your Linux operating system.
If you want to install the Adobe Flash Player plugin in your Linux distribution, you’ll have to first to close any opened web browser application and remove previous versions of the Flash plugin from the system. It is basically a simple library, a plugin for several well known web browsers, including the powerful Mozilla Firefox application, supporting playback of audio and video streams, as well as to view Flash websites and interact with rich Internet apps.
These days it is actively developed by the Adobe Systems and Microsoft Corporation. Initially developed by the American Macromedia web development software company, the project was previously known as Macromedia Flash. Adobe Flash Player is a proprietary (closed source) and freeware web browser plugin designed to allow users to enjoy rich multimedia and Internet applications powered by the Flash technology.
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