How To Install browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash on Ubuntu 20.04. browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash is PPAPI-host NPAPI-plugin adapter for pepperflash

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash

browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash is:

The main goal of the project is to get PPAPI (Chrome) plugins working in Firefox (and any other web-browser supporting NPAPI plugins). It implements a wrapper which behaves like browser to PPAPI plugin and implements NPAPI plugin interface for browser to use.

This particular implementation doesn’t implement any sandboxing, which means any malicious code can break through plugin security as there are no additional barriers. This is the same level of security as NPAPI Flash have.

Flash plugin for Linux provided by adobe stopped at version 11.2; for chrome/chromium users there is pepperflash plugin but it’s not supported by firefox/iceweasel/other browsers.

This package allows one to use the Pepper Flash plugin from Chrome in NPAPI web browsers.

There are three methods to install browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash 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 browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash

Install browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash

Install browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash 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 browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash

How To Uninstall browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash

Uninstall browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash And Its Dependencies

To uninstall browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash

Remove browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash Configurations and Data

To remove browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash

Remove browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash

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Summary

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