Installing Flash using the Plugin Finder Service

1. Go to a page that uses Flash such as Adobe's test page.
2. A yellow notification bar will appear above the webpage. Click Install Missing Plugins. The Plugin Finder Service window will appear.
   
   
   
3. Select the most recent version of Flash listed, then click Next.
   
   
   
4. Click the check box next to I have read and agree to the terms of the license agreement and then click the Install button that will become activated, to begin installation.
   
   
   

• • If Windows asks to allow Adobe Flash Player to make changes to your computer, click Yes.

1. When the installation is done, click Finish. The page will reload and you should have Flash installed.
   
   

If the above steps do not work, you can try installing the Flash plugin manually:

1. Go to Flash Player download page at Adobe.com and download the Flash installer.
2. Click the Firefox menu and select Exit.Click the Firefox menu at the top of the screen and select Quit Firefox.Click the Firefox menu and select Quit.
3. Open the file you downloaded (i.e. install_flash_player.exe), then follow the installer's instructions.

1. Go to Flash Player download page at Adobe.com and download the Flash installer.
2. Click the Firefox menu and select Exit.Click the Firefox menu at the top of the screen and select Quit Firefox.Click the Firefox menu and select Quit.
3. Open the file you downloaded (i.e. install_flash_player_osx_ub.dmg).
4. In the Finder, open the Adobe Flash Player.pkg to run the installer, then follow the installer's instructions.

The simplest way to install Flash is to use your distribution's package manager. To install the latest version manually:

1. Go to Flash Player download page at Adobe.com.
2. When prompted, save the file install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz.
3. Click the Firefox menu and select Exit.Click the Firefox menu at the top of the screen and select Quit Firefox.Click the Firefox menu and select Quit.
4. Open a Terminal window (in Gnome, click on the Applications menu, select Accessories, and then select Terminal.)
5. In the Terminal window, change to the directory where you saved the file you downloaded (e.g. cd /home/user/Downloads).
6. Extract libflashplayer.so from file you downloaded with the command tar -zxvf install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz.
7. As the super user, copy the extracted file, libflashplayer.so, to your Firefox installation directory's plugins sub-directory. For example, if Firefox is installed in /usr/lib/mozilla, use the command sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins and then enter your super user password when prompted.