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This brief tutorial is going to show you how to install Adobe Flash Player, Acrobat Reader and Adobe Air in Ubuntu 12.04

(Precise Pangolin). Having these three programs installed in Ubuntu makes your experience with Ubuntu better. You can

watch flash videos, interact with rich applications online and open PDF documents easily. This tutorial is going to be short

and easy, and without wasting anymore of your time let’s get going.

Objectives:

Install Adobe Flash / Reader / and Air in Ubuntu 12.04

Enjoy!

To get started, press Ctrl – Alt – T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When Terminal opens, run the commands below to

enable Canonical Partner Repository.

sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner"

Next, run the commands below to update your system and install Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Reader.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer acroread

Next, run the commands below to download Adobe Air executable.

wget http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/lin/download/latest/AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

Then run the commands below to change the permission on the file so that it’s executable.

sudo chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

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