How do I remove older versions of Adobe Flash player from my Dell Mini 9 with Ubuntu?

Asked by Mary Jessica Dempsey

I cannot delete older versions of adobe flash player from my dell mini 9 because it says it is owned by root (administrator) and I cannot sign into root "from this computer". l changed the password for root and it still will not let me sign in or delete the other versions. I cannot get the newer versions until the others are off my computer. I have downloaded and installed the new version and restarted my computer, but it is still saying I don't have it on my computer.

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Ian Fleming (iflema-deactivatedaccount) said :
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Hi....

sudo -i is the method for entering root on a semi perm basis. seting a root password is not a good idea [1].

You should be able to uninstall flash using the software centre or synaptic package manager. How were the old version(s) installed?

moreover...

Personally I manually add/update the flash player by downloading the .tgz file from adobe and extract it to /home/<username>/.mozzila/plugins

[1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

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Best marcus aurelius (adbiz) said :
#2

give this a try

press CTL+ALT+T to get into terminal.

type:

sudo apt-get --purge remove adobe-flash*
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install adobe-flash

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said :
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oh. forgot to add this...before you start the above procedures, go to software sources and under the second tab, click canonical partners.

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Mary Jessica Dempsey (jdempsey5) said :
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Thanks marcus aurelius, that solved my question.