How to uninstall/downgrade flash player in ubuntu

Posted on December 16, 2008

Sometimes we need to downgrade the flash player for some specail reasons.For example,I ever met I can upload images in wordpress with Adobe flash player 10,I must downgrade it to Adobe flash player 9 to do my work.Below is a simple guide about how to downgrade flash player in ubuntu.

1.Check which version of flash player you installed.Just type “about:plugins” in your firefox’s address bar,you will know which version you installed.

2.To uninstall the flash player plugin you just need to run command “sudo apt-get remove –purge flashplugin-nonfree”

 sudo apt-get remove --purge flashplugin-nonfree

3.Restart your firefox and repeat step 1,you will find no related flash player plugin installed now
4.Download and install the lower version flash player plugin you needed from Adobe

5.Done

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One Response to “How to uninstall/downgrade flash player in ubuntu”

  1. Fran on February 9th, 2010 5:24 pm

    Erm… and what about the downgrade?…

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