0 KALI – How to install Flash for Kali Linux – The Visual Guide

When you do a fresh install of Kali, flash is not installed.

Step 1 – Download Flash for Kali Linux

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Click the dropdown box – look for Other Linux Options

.tar.gz for Other Linux

Download

Download them to your desktop if you’re not sure – so that you can easily find the file
SAVE FILE
OK

SAVE

After download, right click on the icon and OPEN

You’ll see the zipped file shown on your Desktop

Step 2 – Unzip the flash file

2.1 Open a Terminal (black TV icon) – Here comes the tricky bit

Change directory to your Desktop – notice the different commands if you need the 32 bit or 64 bit flash version.

cd ~/Desktop

tar xzvf install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz

cd ~/Desktop

tar xzvf install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz

It will then start to extract all the zipped files.

Extracted files looks like this

Step 3 – libflashplayer.so copied over to Plugins Directory

You’ll notice a file called libflashplayer.so is extracted.  This is the critical file.  We copy this over to the Mozilla Plugins directory for Ice-weasel.

cp libflashplayer.so   /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

That’s it.
Youtube video’s etc will now run for you.

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