How to install Adobe Flash Player 11.3

To install Adobe Flash Player 11.3

Adobe Flash player is application for web browser which is used for streaming audio and video files in web browser. In this article, we will learn how to install Adobe Flash Player 11.3 On RHEL CentOS 6-5 and Fedora 17-12

To install Adobe FlashPlayer 11.3

Add Adobe repositories for FlashPlayer based on your Linux systems.

On 32-bit x86 Systems

## For RHEL/CentOS 6-5 - 32-bit x86 ##
# rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
# rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux

## For Fedora 17,16,15,14,13,12 - 32-bit x86 ##
# rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
# rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux

On 64-bit x86_64 Systems

## For RHEL/CentOS 6-5 &ndash  64-bit x86_64 ##
[root@linuxhelp ~]# rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
Retrieving http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.5uiead: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID f6777c67: NOKEY
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:adobe-release-x86_64   ########################################### [100%]
[root@linuxhelp ~]# rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux

To Update Adobe Repository

Execute the following command to update the Adobe’ s own YUM repository to install Adobe Flash Player latest version.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum update

To Install Adobe Flash Player 11.3

Use the following command to install latest version of Flash Plugin on your Linux systems.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum install flash-plugin nspluginwrapper alsa-plugins-pulseaudio libcurl
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Setting up Install Process
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: centos.excellmedia.net
.  .  .
.  .  .
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.577-release.x86_64.rpm                          | 6.9 MB    
.  .  .
.  .  .
Installed:
  flash-plugin.x86_64 0:11.2.202.577-release                                                 

Complete!

Now the installation of Adobe Flash player 11.3 is completed.

To Verifying Flash Plugin

Now, you can start using your Flash plugin on your favorite web browsers. Let us now play sample video in youtube.

Now the following steps show where your Adobe flash player exactly presented.

FAQ
Q
What are the Flash Player privacy and security policy?
A
Please refer the following link to get information about privacy and security policy for "flash player" as "https://www.adobe.com/devnet/security.html"
Q
How to install Flash player on Ubuntu 18.04?
A
Here I have to mention the link to install "Flash player" on Ubuntu 18.04 as "https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-flashplayer-on-ubuntu-18-04/"
Q
What is the difference between Adobe AIR and Flash Player?
A
The two Adobe Flash Platform runtimes are Flash Player and Adobe AIR. Flash Player is a highly expressive cross-platform runtime that works consistently across browsers. Flash Player delivers innovation within the browser, while AIR, a superset of Flash Player, enables the delivery of stand-alone applications that run outside the browser. Together, they provide a consistent runtime for delivering content that can easily move between the browser and native operating system context.
Q
Why is the performance of Flash Player different on each mobile device?
A
The device ecosystem is experiencing a period of rapid change and innovation, with a continuous stream of new hardware, operating systems and browsers coming to market. The dependencies can be complex to manage at times, particularly when multiple companies are working together to deliver an optimized and integrated experience for customers.
Q
In what languages has been Flash Player will available?
A
Flash Player is available in Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish on most major browser platforms.