How do you enable flashplayer plugin support in chromium?

**superman** · 10-20-2015, 11:12 AM

@joselb

Originally Posted by Albretch

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chrome://version/Chromium: 37.0.2062.120 (Developer Build 281580) Built on Debian jessie/sid, running on Debian 7.6OS:
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The OP is running Chromium 37. Don't reckon the newer version of Chromium can utilise the NPAPI-based flash player plugin for playback any more. While using the mentioned version of Chromium to test the flash plugin from ChromeOS, I have also tried out the suggested path (/usr/lib/chromium and /usr/lib/chromium/plugins) for the Adobe branded player, and cannot get it worked as well. So far, the only way I can make Chromium pick up the Adobe player is to set the path to libflashplayer.so via the /etc/chromium/default file, but the video clip won't play as the imported plugin is NPAPI-based. I have used Chromium only on a handful of occasions, so I would have probably missed quite a few things here...

**joselb** · 10-21-2015, 02:46 PM

Thank you superman, I will check it as soon as I can, which knoppix version are you using?

**superman** · 10-21-2015, 05:16 PM

@joselb I used the stock Chromium shipped with KNOPPIX 7.4.2 to test the Adobe flash plugin.

**joselb** · 10-21-2015, 06:30 PM

I will check it tomorrow in the afternoon with chromium, I can't do it sooner because I only use Firefox and Tor browser. Anyway, what I also do and mostly is to download Firefox browser (also Tor browser), extract the file/es in my /home/knoppix directory and then create a link in my Desktop. It works very well and I always use the most recent flash version, even knowing all the problems I could find using flashplayer.

**joselb** · 10-22-2015, 09:11 PM

I did it in chromium just now (libflashplayer.so inside /usr/lib/chromium/plugins/ ) and it works. Maybe you can't make it work because you did it differently before, I don't know.

**superman** · 10-23-2015, 02:08 PM

@joselb Thanks for the confirmation. I also have no idea where I have missed since the installation process of Adobe flash player (V11.2) is merely a copy-paste action. Probably my linux skills suck more than a little bit... BTW, I wonder if your Chromium 37 could play the sample DRM-protected video clip hosted on the Adobe's website without the presence of any HAL related packages.

**joselb** · 10-23-2015, 03:05 PM

1.- Download 32 bits tar.gz for Linux in Adobe flashplayer website.
2.- Extract in graphic mode the tar.gz file, you will get some different files, delete all except libflashplayer.so and place it in the Desktop
3.- Open a root terminal (inside Knoppix menu). And type: cd /usr/lib/chromium/plugins
4.- Then type: mv /home/knoppix/Desktop/libflashplayer.so .
5.- Done

I went to adobe flashplayer website and I could see the clouds moving (telling me that flash was correctly installed)

**superman** · 10-23-2015, 08:25 PM

@joselb Thanks for the step-by-step guide. After following your guide to install Adobe Flash Player (V11.2) on an untouched KNOPPIX 7.4.2 running in Live Mode, I still cannot get the ball rolling, nor can the plugin be recognised by the testing tool on Adobe's website. In addition, from most of the info I gathered from a few forums, Chromium 34 and upwards can only take Pepper Flash Player for playback. So I don't know how you have nailed it...