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adobe flash player works only intermittently on 16.04

Asked by Franklin Percival

Works for a while, then ceases after latest updates, telling me, for example, that I need to install flash player. Does anyone else experience this?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What web browsers have you tested?

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Franklin Percival (franklin-percival-v) said : 		#2

Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera.

On 20 February 2017 at 21:58, actionparsnip <
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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Chrome comes with Pepper flash. It's one of it's beauties.

What is the output of:

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

Thanks

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Franklin Percival (franklin-percival-v) said : 		#4

The output of the command is:

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial
Linux franklin-Satellite-C660D 4.4.0-63-generic #84-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 1
17:20:32 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ii adobe-flash-properties-gtk
 1:20170214.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 GTK+ control
panel for Adobe Flash Player plugin
ii adobe-flashplugin
1:20170214.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 Adobe Flash
Player plugin
rc flashplugin-installer 24.0.0.221ubuntu0.16.04.1
                  amd64 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer

On 21 February 2017 at 06:58, actionparsnip <
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> Your question #467564 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/467564
>
> actionparsnip requested more information:
> Chrome comes with Pepper flash. It's one of it's beauties.
>
> What is the output of:
>
> lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnash|swf|spark'
>
> Thanks
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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Try:

sudo dpkg -P flashplugin-installer
sudo apt-get --purge remove adobe-flash-properties-gtk
sudo apt-get --purge remove adobe-flashplugin
sudo apt-get --purge autoremove

Then try Chrome. Does it work OK?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

You will need to close your browser instances to test

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Franklin Percival (franklin-percival) said : 		#7

Thank you very much, Andrew Woodhead. That restored functionality quite satisfactorily.