Fix “Adobe Flash is out of date” for Chrome browser on Ubuntu 16.10 Systems. Install and update to the latest Adobe Flash on Ubuntu 16.10. Recently updated Ubuntu users are getting Chrome Error “Adobe Flash is out of date.” Here’s how to fix this error.
Adobe Flash Player 23 Beta Released. Linux users have access to both NPAPI and PPAPI versions of Flash Player. The release statement by Adobe says that currently they are distributing 32 and 64 bit binaries only, but very soon they will package these in proper installers after additional testing and feedback. Users should manually back-up their existing Flash Player plugin file from the appropriate system plug-in folder and copy the new binaries into place to use them. Please note that our initial release does not support Fedora based distributions. Users who require this functionality are recommended to use Pepper (PPAPI) Flash for Linux.
For more information, visit https://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2016/08/beta-news-flash-player-npapi-for-linux.html
Install Adobe Flash For Chrome or Chromium
Follow the steps given below to install Adobe Flash for Chrome or Chromium web browser on Ubuntu Systems
- Open Google Chrome, go to the components and type chrome://components/ in the URL field.
- Search for Adobe Flash Player and click the “Check for update” option to install all the recent update.
- As soon as the Adobe flash is updated on Chrome browser, restart the browser.
That’s all. This shall update the latest Adobe Flash for Chrome browser on Ubuntu Systems.
Install Adobe Flash For Firefox
1. Download Flash Player 23 Beta for Linux (NPAPI) http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer.html
2. Enable Canonical Partners repository in Other Software tab (Software & Updates). Close the window.
3. Open terminal and run the following command to install Adobe-flashplugin on Ubuntu:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install adobe-flashplugin
sudo mv ~/Downloads/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/
sudo chown root:root /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so
Once installed, please restart the Firefox browser.
Alternate Method
Install Adobe Flash 23 Beta On 32 Bit Ubuntu
wget https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/linux32/libflashplayer.so
sudo sed -i "/^# deb .*partner/ s/^# //" /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install adobe-flashplugin
sudo mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/
sudo chown root:root /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so
Install Adobe Flash 23 Beta On 64 Bit Ubuntu
wget https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/linux64/libflashplayer.so
sudo sed -i "/^# deb .*partner/ s/^# //" /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install adobe-flashplugin
sudo mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/
sudo chown root:root /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so
Once installed, please restart the Firefox browser.