How to install the flash player on 64 bit Linux

Adobe's Flash Player plays Flash content on Web pages in Web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. If you're using a 64-bit version of Linux, the normal 32-bit version of Adobe Flash won't work with the Web browser that came with your Linux distribution. Adobe provides a 64-bit version of the Adobe Flash plug-in that you can install on your system. The 64-bit version of Flash only works with 64-bit Web browsers.

Difficulty:

Moderate

Instructions

1. Open the download page for the latest 64-bit Flash plug-in on Labs.Adobe.com.

2. Click the "Download Plug-in for 64-bit Linux" link on the page to download the Linux version of the plug-in.

3. Double-click the downloaded .tar.gz archive file on your computer to open it.

4. Open a file manager window by clicking the "Home" icon on the panel or clicking the "Places" menu and clicking "Home Folder."

5. Click the "View" menu and select "Show Hidden Files."

6. Double-click the ".mozilla" folder in your home directory.

7. Double-click the "plugins" folder in your .mozilla folder. If it doesn't exist, right-click inside the .mozilla folder and click "New Folder," then type "plugins" in lower case and press "Enter."

8. Drag and drop the "libflashplayer.so" file from the archive file into the plug-ins directory.

9. Close any open Web browser windows and re-open them.

Tips & Warnings

• Other Web browser also search your home directory's ".mozilla/plugins" folder for plug-ins.

References

• Adobe: Flash Player | 64-bit Operating Systems
• MozillaZine: Determining Plugin Directory on Linux

Resources

• Adobe: Adobe Flash Player "Square" Preview Release