How To Install pepperflashplugin-nonfree on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pepperflashplugin-nonfree on Ubuntu 20.04. pepperflashplugin-nonfree is Pepper Flash Player - browser plugin (dummy package) Pepper Flash Player - browser plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pepperflashplugin-nonfree on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is pepperflashplugin-nonfree

pepperflashplugin-nonfree is:

The Adobe Flash Player is EoL and no longer available for download.

This package is now a dummy package taking care of the removal of a previously installed Pepper Flash Player plugin. It can be safely removed.

Package: pepperflashplugin-nonfree Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.8.6ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: multiverse/web Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 30 Pre-Depends: binutils, ca-certificates, wget Depends: libgcc1, libstdc++6 Suggests: chromium-browser, ttf-dejavu, ttf-mscorefonts-installer, ttf-xfree86-nonfree Conflicts: chromium-browser (« 37.0.2062.120-4), libflash-mozplugin Filename: pool/multiverse/p/pepperflashplugin-nonfree/pepperflashplugin-nonfree_1.8.6ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 5492 MD5sum: ac6254c7bc1ead954dda7e476650f1d2 SHA1: fecfed2a138fe49258a2d7317d40406917584f3c SHA256: 2db9f06ef76bcf90b0a82e3be881e9f4eaac5576c118a3b9b0f38f8276715361 Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/PepperFlashPlayer Description-en: Pepper Flash Player - browser plugin This package will download Pepper Flash Player from Adobe website, and configure Chromium to use it.

The end user license agreement is available at Adobe.

There are three methods to install pepperflashplugin-nonfree on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pepperflashplugin-nonfree Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pepperflashplugin-nonfree using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pepperflashplugin-nonfree

Install pepperflashplugin-nonfree Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pepperflashplugin-nonfree using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pepperflashplugin-nonfree

Install pepperflashplugin-nonfree 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 pepperflashplugin-nonfree using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pepperflashplugin-nonfree

How To Uninstall pepperflashplugin-nonfree on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the pepperflashplugin-nonfree package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pepperflashplugin-nonfree

Uninstall pepperflashplugin-nonfree And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pepperflashplugin-nonfree and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pepperflashplugin-nonfree

Remove pepperflashplugin-nonfree Configurations and Data

To remove pepperflashplugin-nonfree configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pepperflashplugin-nonfree

Remove pepperflashplugin-nonfree configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pepperflashplugin-nonfree configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pepperflashplugin-nonfree

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pepperflashplugin-nonfree package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.