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= Flash

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== What is Flash?

Flash is a web browser plugin for multimedia use.
Because it is not free/libre and open source software, Adobe's Flash plugin cannot be included in Fedora.
However, Adobe does release a version of the Flash plugin for Fedora, and other Linux distributions, for Firefox, Chromium, and other popular Internet browsers.

The use of Flash is not as wide-spread as it use to be as many sites like Youtube use HTML5 for video playback.
Many modern browsers like Firefox and Chromium can play these files without the need for a Flash plugin.
Google Chrome's web browser comes with Flash installed by default.

== How do I install Adobe Flash?

Before downloading Flash, you will need to know whether you are using Fedora 32-bit, or 64-bit.
Open the terminal and enter:

[source,bash]

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uname -p

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A result of `x86` means it is 32-bit, and `x86_64` is 64-bit.

To install Adobe Flash on Fedora:

. Go to the official Adobe Flash web site at link:++https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/++[https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/].

. In the drop-down for _Select an Operating System_, choose 32-Bit or 64-Bit (depending on the result above).

. In the drop-down for _Select a version_, select *FP for Linux 64-bit (.rpm) - NPAPI* for browsers like Firefox, or select *FP for Linux 64-bit (.rpm) - PPAPI* for browsers like Chromium. 

. Click the *Download Now* button to download the file.

. Open a terminal, go to the directory where the file was downloaded and enter:

[source,bash]

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sudo dnf install flash-player-*.rpm

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You have successfully installed the Adobe Flash plugin and websites using Flash will now work on your browser.