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Adobe Flash Player keeps saying it out of date

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i go to Check Your Plugins says it's out of date, yahoo says it's out of date. I have updated it 6 or 7 times and still says it's out of date?? I'm lost

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of the below command:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnash|swf|spark'

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Bob (smith13) said : 		#2

bob@bob-desktop:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnash|swf|spark'
LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch:core-4.1-ia32:core-4.1-noarch:security-4.0-ia32:security-4.0-noarch:security-4.1-ia32:security-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
Linux bob-desktop 3.13.0-45-generic #74-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 13 19:37:48 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
ii adobe-flash-properties-gtk 11.2.202.440-0precise1 i386 GTK+ control panel for Adobe Flash Player plugin version 11
ii adobe-flash-properties-kde 11.2.202.440-0precise1 i386 KDE control panel Adobe Flash Player plugin version 11
ii adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.440-0precise1 i386 Adobe Flash Player plugin version 11
rc flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.440ubuntu0.14.04.1 i386 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
ii gnome-session-flashback 1:3.8.0-1ubuntu12.2 all GNOME Session Manager - GNOME Flashback session

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Ok and what web browser(s) do you use?

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Bob (smith13) said : 		#4

Firefox

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

sudo apt-get --purge remove adobe-flash-properties-gtk adobe-flash-properties-kde adobe-flashplugin
sudo dpkg -P flashplugin-installer
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo aptget install adobe-flashplugin

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Bob (smith13) said : 		#6

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.