How to Install Papper Flash on Linux Mint 19

Install Papper Flash on Linux Mint 19

Flash Player on your system enables the browser to play multimedia content like animations, videos, and games. Not all but some websites need a Flash Player to be installed on your system to play such multimedia content. The Papper Flash Player package is maintained by Google and it is available for Google Chrome and Chromium browser. For Google Chrome it comes preinstalled with it but for Chromium, you should install it manually. In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to install Papper Flash on Linux Mint 19.

Prerequisites

Before you start to Install Papper Flash on Linux Mint 19. You must have the non-root user account on your system with sudo privileges.

Add Papper Flash PPA

As Papper Flash is available through the Canonical Partner repository we need to add its PPA manually.

Open the terminal in Linux Mint typing Ctrl+Alt+t at the same time.

Now to add the PPA to your system run type the following command in the terminal and hit Enter:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner"

As we have added new repository we should update apt package manager index. To update the index type the following command:

sudo apt update

Install Papper Flash for Mozilla Firefox

Now install the Papper Flash Player plugin for Mozilla Firefox running following command in the terminal:

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

After completing the above command successfully you have successfully installed Papper Flash plugin on your Linux Mint system for Firefox browser.

Install Papper Flash for Chromium

Now install the Papper Flash Player plugin for Chromium running following command in the terminal:

sudo apt -y install pepperflashplugin-nonfree

After completing the above command successfully you have successfully installed Papper Flash plugin on your Linux Mint 19 system for Chromium browser.

Now open the following link and allow Flash Player to run on different websites in Chromium setting Ask First enabled:

chrome://settings/content/flash

and the next step:

Update Papper Flash Player Plugin

To update Papper Flash Player plugin you can use the following command:

sudo update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree --install

Conclusion

You have successfully learned how to Install Papper Flash on Linux Mint 19. If you have any queries regarding this then please don’t forget to comment below.