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Alexey
Asked: 2017-06-23 13:23:34 +0800 CST

How can I determine the version of Adobe Flash currently installed?

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I would like to find the version number of Adobe Flash currently installed on my Ubuntu system. Adobe's web site says the latest version for Linux is 26.0.0.131, but if I execute

apt show adobe-flashplugin

I get

Package: adobe-flashplugin
Version: 1:20170616.1-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
[...]

but nothing like 26.0.0.131.

How can I see which Flash version I have installed?

flash

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You can visit Adobe's homepage in your browser and use their little Flash version check widget.

    http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/about/

    enter image description here

    Alternatively try the Check Now button at https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html

    I experienced that this is probably the most accurate and reliable way to check the exact version.

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  2. Start Firefox and open the Add-Ons manager from the menu, then select the Plugins tab in there. It lists all installed plugins, including Flash, with their version.

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  3. You could extract the version number directly from the adobe-flashplugin library, using a command line syntax like that: strings | grep | awk 

    strings /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so|grep LNX|awk '{print $2}'

    This will give you e.g.: 26,0,0,151

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