Forum Thread: How to Install Adobe Flash Player on Kali

Here's a quick and easy guide on how to install Adobe Flash Player on Kali Linux.

Step 1: Download Adobe Flash Player

Visit https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ and scroll down to highlight '.tar.gz for other Linux' and hit 'Download Now'. Make sure you download the file to your 'downloads' folder.

Step 2: Extract Files

We're going to do this the easy way for purposes of simplicity. Simply go to your downloads folder and double click the file to begin extraction. Make a new folder called 'flash' to extract those files into. Once extraction is complete, double click the 'flash' folder to view your files. You should see the following:

Step 3: Copy Files to Their Appropriate Directory

While you're in your 'Flash' folder right-click and select 'open in terminal'. Enter the following lines of code:
cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
cp -r usr/* /usr

That's it, you're all set now!

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