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I have Chromium web browser on my Lubuntu 13.04 (pre-installed). I use LX Terminal (pre-installed) to write commands. I am trying to download flash player on Chromium using instructions on this site:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:skunk/pepper-flash

After typing in my password, this worked. Now 

sudo apt-get update

I didn't need to type in my password, as I continued on the same terminal, but got W:/ and E:/ fetch file errors

sudo apt-get install pepflashplugin-installer

I continued on the same terminal despite the fetch file errors... and they said pepflashplugin-installer could not be found.

Is the last error because of fetch file errors, or because I need to download pepflash-plugin-installer somewhere? Or is it because of something else?

I cannot download the Chrome browser, and not looking to use flash player on my Firefox web browser (installed using lubuntu software center).

Eric Carvalho
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user209900
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  • 13.04 is no longer supported, and, likely because of that, there are no packages for it in the PPA. – mikewhatever Feb 27 '14 at 23:00
  • @mikewhatever are you aware that this was asked in october, right? – Braiam Feb 28 '14 at 01:15
  • @Braiam Yep, though not sure why it matters now. Trying to apply the PPA solution doesn't work, and those that come here should know why, don't you think? – mikewhatever Feb 28 '14 at 09:00
  • Navigate to `/etc/apt/sources.list.d` folder then open `pipelight*.list` file with your text editor and replace `raring` with `precise` and run `sudo apt-get update` then run `sudo apt-get install pepflashplugin-installer` – kenn Feb 28 '14 at 10:52

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Pepper Flash is now in Ubuntu repositories (14.04). Install it like:

sudo apt-get install pepperflashplugin-nonfree
sudo update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree --install
Елин Й.
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Now Pepper Flash plugin with the regular Flash has been moved to Ubuntu Partner repository.

Both Flash players can be installed by

sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin

after the Canonical Partner repository is enabled in Software & Updates.

Pilot6
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If you installed Chrome Browser you don't need to install pepper-flash. You can use command line option redirecting pepper plugin path like 

 chromium-browser --ppapi-flash-path=/opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=`grep -i version /opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash/manifest.json | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F"\"" '{print $2}'`

should work.

You can make a launcher script like

chromium.sh

  #!/bin/bash
  chromium-browser --ppapi-flash-path=/opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=`grep -i version /opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash/manifest.json | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F"\"" '{print $2}'`

set execution bit

chmod +x chromium.sh
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  • Get the following error: `grep: /opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash/manifest.json: No such file or directory` – Karl Morrison Dec 09 '14 at 00:32
  • @KarlMorrison You have to install **chrome** browser beforehand in order to use pepper plugin in **chromium** – kenn Dec 13 '14 at 16:24
  • @kenn i already have a chromium browser and i am also getting the same error – Eka May 27 '15 at 08:25
  • @Eka what is output of `locate libpepflashplayer.so` ? – kenn May 28 '15 at 14:21
  • @kenn noting . it just execute – Eka May 28 '15 at 15:49
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    @Eka then you don't have **chrome** web browser installed in your system. You need **chrome**'s **libpepflashplayer.so** library file. The easiest way to have it is to install **chrome** browser. Difference between **chrome** and **chromium** is that chromium is open source while chrome is closed source. – kenn May 28 '15 at 15:57
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Install the PPA from here: https://launchpad.net/~skunk/+archive/pepper-flash and use Chromium. A quick summary of the steps are:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:skunk/pepper-flash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pepflashplugin-installer

.. it then installs..

echo ". /usr/lib/pepflashplugin-installer/pepflashplayer.sh" | sudo tee -a /etc/chromium-browser/default

When you restart chromium, you should be using the new flash plugin!

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