How to upgrade Adobe Flash Player?

[nbob]

Hello. Does anyone know the correct procedure for upgrading Adobe Flash Player. I just installed Linux Mint Debian and noticed that my flash plugin is the old Shockwave Flash.

I've tried downloading the latest Flash Player from adobe. I unzipped it, and moved libflashplayer.so to where I thought the plugin directory was.

My main problem is that I don't know where to look for the plugin file. I tried /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins but as much as I played with the 'libflashplayer.so' file there, I could neither remove the plugin nor upgrade it. I've also tried the /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree directory but once again, I was unable to affect the plugin.

[Erinsfan]

Hello,

With Linux, it is better to install software from a repository. If you open either run or a console and type "su synaptic". Search for Flash. I think it is the non-free version you need to install. If you need more help with Synaptic, ask.

Erin

[colyn]

After installation you just need to type sudo apt-get update in the terminal. Once done click the update shield in the sys tray and it will list the updates then click apply. One of the updates will be flash if the current Mint version is out of date.

You don't want to install the version from adobe since it has not been tested by the Mint team developers..

Mint tests all files/updates before releasing them for update..