How to Install Latest Flash Plugin on Debian 8 Jessie Linux

Install Flash Browser Plugin for Debian

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install the Latest Adobe Pepper Flash PPAPI Browser Plugin on Debian Jessie 8 i386/amd64 KDE/Gnome/Lxde/Xfce GNU+Linux Desktop.

The Latest Flash Plugin Version is in PPAPI form that is Bundled in Google-Chrome with the Required libpepflashplayer.so.

Especially relevant: to know how Flash has been RETIRED from Adobe on 31 December 2020!

Before the Latest Flash Browser Plugin worked only to Execute Flash Videos on Chrome and Chromium Browsers for Debian.

1. Open a Command Line Terminal Window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

2. How to Install Needed Google-Chrome Web Browser on Debian

   Installing Chrome for Debian

   Setup Chrome on Debian

3. Enable the Apt Contrib/Non-Free Repository Sources

   Enabling Debian Extra Repo

   Apt Contrib/Non-Free Setup

4. Installing Flash Player Plugin Version by PPA

   sudo apt-get install pepperflashplugin-nonfree

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
   
   Then Update the Flash Pepper Plugin with:

   sudo update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree --install

   Test Installation with:

   update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree --status

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