How to Install Macromedia Flash Player 7 Using apt-get

Now you are ready to install Flash Player.

  1. Click Applications in the overhead Panel.
  2. Select Accessories.
  3. Select Terminal.
  4. When the terminal opens, type sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree.
  5. NOTE: You will be prompted to enter your password.

You will see the following messages scroll in the terminal window:

Reading package lists... Done
Building package lists... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
gsfonts-x11
Suggested packages:
mozilla-browser mozilla-browser-snapshot mozilla-firefox
Recommended packages:
libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2
The following NEW packages will be installed:
flashplugin-nonfree gsfonts-x11
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 25.9kB of archives.
After unpacking 258kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

Type Y.

Get :1 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main gsfonts-x11 0.17ubuntu4 [9402B]
Get :2 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/multiverse flashplugin-nonfree 7.0.63.3ub
untu3 [16.5kB]
Fetched 25.9kB in 2s (12.7kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package gsfonts-x11.
Unpacking flashplugin-nonfree (from .../flashplugin-nonfree_7.0.63.3ubuntu3_i386
.deb) ... Setting up gsfonts-x11 (0.17ubuntu4) ... Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (7.0.63.3ubuntu3) ...

You will be returned to the prompt and Flash Player will have been installed.