Iceweasel is default browser for Kali linux which is built upon mozilla's firefox. I will show two methods to install flash player in Kali linux but it can be also used for other linux distros.
Method 1 (Long Method):
This method is mentioned in readme.txt file which you will get after downloading flash tarball.
Here is the content given in that file:
Installation instructions
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Installing using the plugin tar.gz:
o Unpack the plugin tar.gz and copy the files to the appropriate location.
o Save the plugin tar.gz locally and note the location the file was saved to.
o Launch terminal and change directories to the location the file was saved to.
o Unpack the tar.gz file. Once unpacked you will see the following:
+ libflashplayer.so
+ /usr
o Identify the location of the browser plugins directory, based on your Linux distribution and Firefox version
o Copy libflashplayer.so to the appropriate browser plugins directory. At the prompt type:
+ cp libflashlayer.so <BrowserPluginsLocation>
o Copy the Flash Player Local Settings configurations files to the /usr directory. At the prompt type:
+ sudo cp -r usr/* /usr
Installing the plugin using RPM:
o As root, enter in terminal:
+ # rpm -Uvh <rpm_package_file>
+ Click Enter key and follow prompts
Installing the standalone player:
o Unpack the tar.gz file
o To execute the standalone player,
+ Double-click, or
+ Enter in terminal: ./flashplayer
1. Download flash from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
2. Change directory and extract the tarball:
$ su -
# cd /home/devharsh/Downloads
# tar zxvf install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
You can also use softwares like Xarchiver to unzip.
3. Copy libflashplayer.so to browser directory
# cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
4. Copy user settings to usr directory
# cp -r usr/* /usr
You can then manually verify whether libflashplayer.so file is copied in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ directory.
Method 2 (Short Method):
We will use terminal to install flash from repositories.
$ su -
# apt-get update (optional step)
# apt-get upgrade (optional step)
# apt-get dist-upgrade (optional step)
# apt-get update (optional step)
# install flashplugin-nonfree
# update-flashplugin-nonfree --install
# apt-get update (optional step)
After successful installation it will create flash-mozilla.so file with link target to /etc/alternatives/flash-mozilla.so in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory.
# update-flashplugin-nonfree --install
# apt-get update (optional step)
After successful installation it will create flash-mozilla.so file with link target to /etc/alternatives/flash-mozilla.so in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory.
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