My Adobe Flash plugin has stopped working on Ubuntu 12.04. I cannot see any videos. When I try to install it again, the following things appear on my terminal:
root@ubuntu:/home/salty# sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package adobe-flashplugin is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'adobe-flashplugin' has no installation candidate
root@ubuntu:/home/salty# What should I do now?
15 Answers
Open the file /etc/apt/sources.list with a text editor. Uncomment (Remove the preceeding #) on the lines:
deb trusty partner
deb-src trusty partnerIn Ubuntu 16.04, this worked:
deb xenial partner
deb-src xenial partnerIn the terminal, run
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install adobe-flashpluginInstallation steps of flash plugins
Step 1: Add following line in sources.list (sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list)
deb lucid-security main multiverseStep 2: Update apt-get
sudo apt-get updateStep 3: install flash-plugin
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installerEnter
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get ugrade && sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installerAfter that, you should have a functional Flash for your browser.
And please don't work as root! Do the commands given from your normal user account.
3flashplugin-installer is for the 32-bit version.
On 64-bit you should use adobe-flashplugin! This article has the solution:
- Open
Software & Updates - Go to
Other Software - Select the two
Canonical Partnersoptions sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get purge adobe-flash{plugin,-properties-gtk}sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin
I've tested this on Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit.
In Ubuntu 16.04 this worked for me:
$ sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list 48 deb xenial partner 49 deb-src xenial partner
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin
