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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
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type="topic" style="task"
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id="net-install-flash">
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<info>
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<link type="guide" xref="net-browser"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-20" status="final"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="final"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Phil Bull</name>
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<email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
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</credit>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<desc>You may need to install Flash to be able to view websites like
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YouTube, which display videos and interactive web pages.</desc>
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</info>
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<title>Install the Flash plug-in</title>
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<p><app>Flash</app> is a <em>plug-in</em> for your web browser that allows
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you to watch videos and use interactive web pages on some websites. Some
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websites won’t work without Flash.</p>
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<comment>
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<cite>shaunm</cite>
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<p>Would be nice to (soft?) link to a page on the software installer</p>
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</comment>
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<p>If you do not have Flash installed, you will probably see a message
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telling you so when you visit a website that needs it. Flash is available as
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a free (but not open-source) download for most web browsers. Most Linux
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distributions have a version of Flash that you can install through their
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software installer (package manager) too.</p>
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<steps>
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<title>If Flash is available from the software installer:</title>
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<item>
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<p>Open the software installer application and search for
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<input>flash</input>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Look for the <gui>Adobe Flash plug-in</gui>, <gui>Adobe Flash
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Player</gui> or similar and click to install it.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>If you have any web browser windows open, close them and then re-open
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them. The web browser should realize that Flash is installed when you
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open it again and you should now be able to view websites using
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Flash.</p>
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</item>
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</steps>
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<steps>
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<title>If Flash <em>is not</em> available from the software
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installer:</title>
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<item>
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<p>Go to the <link href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer">Flash Player
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download website</link>. Your browser and operating system should be
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automatically detected.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Click where it says <gui>Select version to download</gui> and choose
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the type of software installer that works for your Linux distribution. If
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you don’t know which to use, choose the <file>.tar.gz</file> option.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Look at the
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<link href="http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/153/tn_15380.html">installation
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instructions for Flash</link> to learn how to install it for your web
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browser.</p>
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</item>
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</steps>
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<section id="alternatives">
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<title>Open-source alternatives to Flash</title>
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<p>A handful of free, open-source alternatives to Flash are available. These
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tend to work better than the Flash plug-in in some ways (for example, by
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handling sound playback better), but worse in others (for example, by not
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being able to display some of the more complicated Flash pages on the
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web).</p>
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<p>You might like to try one of these if you are dissatisfied with the Flash
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player, or if you would like to use as much open-source software as possible
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on your computer. Here are a few of the options:</p>
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<list style="compact">
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<item>
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<p>LightSpark</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Gnash</p>
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</item>
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</list>
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</section>
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</page>
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