Update flash player for chromium browser (Ubuntu 16.04 x64)
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This is a program to install flash player ppapi (Chromium Only) for Ubuntu 16.04
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You need to download flash_player_ppapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz from Adobe website
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put the tar.gz file and the program in the same folder.
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Note:
- This program might not work in other distros since different distros store the flash player in different locations
- Flash is dying and being replaced by Html5. This is just a temporary small project for Flash games and learning purpose
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Usage:
sudo ./flash-upgrade
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OR
sudo ./flash-upgrade filename.tar.gz
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Special thanks to
- libarchive - http://libarchive.org
- JSON for modern c++ - https:://github.com/nlohmann/json
- My teachers for teaching me how to use linux libraries, json, etc.
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Build instructions:
- sudo apt install libarchive-dev
- download the "json.hpp" https://github.com/nlohmann/json