Adobe Flash installation problem in Xubuntu 16.04.1 i386

Question

This question and answer may be applicable to other Ubuntu distros.

After I installed Xubuntu 16.04.1 on my i386 laptop I noticed that I soon got a notice from the updater that the Adobe Flashplayer could not be found. I also looked at Firefox and when I visited a game on Facebook that I play with my spouse I could see that Firefox requires flash because I was prompted to have it installed.

I searched for the Adobe Flashplayer in the Xubuntu software but I was unable to find it.

Solution

You can install Flash by enabling Canonical Partner and running

sudo apt update
sudo apt install adobe-flashplugin

Comments

[edwinksl]

Can you please write the answer part of your post as a separate post below? Writing a Q&A is fine but you do need to separate the Q from the A.

[xangua]

Did you try open a terminal and type: sudo apt install flashplugin-installer?

[kenn]

try manual installation here askubuntu.com/questions/852725/…

[Pilot6]

There is no need to do it this way.

[Greg MacKenzie]

I tried this, but it does not work in Xubuntu. That is why I had to perform a manual installation. I also attempted to update the repository and that didn't work either.

[Pilot6]

It works for everyone else. You could ask why you can't update.

[xangua]

In order to "work for everyone else" one needs to add the partner repository first. @Pilot6

[Greg MacKenzie]

I researched other posts on this subject here and elsewhere on the net. If I had found apt update successful, I wouldn't have tried a different approach.