How To Install libhal1-flash on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhal1-flash on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libhal1-flash
libhal1-flash is:
A libhal stub library forwarding to UDisks specifically to satisfy the libflashplayer.so / libadobecp requirements.
It is loosely based upon libhal.[ch] from the hal-0.5.14 package for the external interface presented by the shared library libhal. Further information on HAL can be found here: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal
The Adobe Flash web browser plugin for Linux relies upon libhal to provide information required by libadobecp (which libflashplayer.so retrieves from the internet) for playing back drm content.
Since HAL is no longer centric to most modern Linux systems (now there are succeeded product such as UDev, UDisks and so on). This library provides thin wrapper until such time as HTML5 becomes standard for online TV (many sites continue to use Flash).
There are three methods to install libhal1-flash on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libhal1-flash Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libhal1-flash using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhal1-flash
Install libhal1-flash Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libhal1-flash using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhal1-flash
Install libhal1-flash Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libhal1-flash using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhal1-flash
How To Uninstall libhal1-flash on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libhal1-flash package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhal1-flash
Uninstall libhal1-flash And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhal1-flash and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhal1-flash
Remove libhal1-flash Configurations and Data
To remove libhal1-flash configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhal1-flash
Remove libhal1-flash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhal1-flash configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhal1-flash
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhal1-flash package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
