Is there a standalone Flash Player for Linux?

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I would like to download a Flash game and play it without using Firefox under Ubuntu Lucid - any ideas how?

I can download the game fine, I'm just wondering how to play it without Firefox. Is there a standalone Flash Player I can use?

In case it helps anyone, in order to transfer my save games I explored ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/#SharedObjects to find a folder with the name of the website I'd been playing it on. I then copied the folder contents into #localWithNet. HTH — Andy, May 29 '10 at 19:45
related: https://askubuntu.com/questions/7240/how-do-i-play-swf-files — Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com, Aug 19 '20 at 21:15

score 11 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 03 '14 at 19:24

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I suggest you try Adobe's "Linux debugger and standalone players" package (TGZ) which can be found at Adobe Flash Player - Downloads. Excerpt:

2/11/2010 Updated Linux debugger versions (aka debug players or content debuggers) of Flash Player 9 are now available. Additionally, the Linux standalone player (projector) is available for developers who wish to publish projectors on Linux operating systems [my emphasis]

Edit: The newer version of this can be found here - you can download & extract this, and run it by opening the flashplayerdebugger file.

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answered May 29 '10 at 16:42

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Excellent. Thanks for confirming it worked for you. – Chris W. Rea May 30 '10 at 13:48
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For the newer version, the link is http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/11/flashplayer_11_sa_debug.i386.tar.gz – dizy Aug 13 '12 at 17:15
Also, there is [this version](http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/11/flashplayer_11_plugin_debug.i386.tar.gz) available with the debugger version of Flash. – Wilf Sep 03 '14 at 18:12
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too bad that it's still 32-bit, shame that they sill haven't made a 64-bit version – Avinash R Sep 10 '14 at 18:16

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered May 29 '10 at 16:30

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Try Gnash: http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/

answered May 29 '10 at 16:30

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 20 '16 at 04:44

Try Adobe's Flash Player Projector 24, which runs natively on Linux 64-bit now. I recommend using it on a 64-bit Ubuntu 16.10 system. (32-bit Linux Systems can run the 32-bit Windows version via Wine): https://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/debug_downloads.html

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 04 '12 at 01:30

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Try CrutziPlayer: http://www.crutzi.info/crutziplayer

It executes the flash plugin, but uses xcomposite, xfixes and cairo to scale the output from native swf resolution to fullscreen.

answered Jun 04 '12 at 01:30

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Agreed; even though it hasn't been updated in ages at this point, CrutziPlayer still installs and runs fine on a modern (Ubuntu) system these days. I'm glad it exists. – DaVince Apr 04 '17 at 06:01

score -1 · Answer 5 · edited Jul 19 '12 at 02:04

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If you have Ubuntu, try this command:

sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin

through a shell.

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answered Jul 18 '12 at 18:34

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-1: That's the browser plugin, not the standalone player. – MestreLion Jul 26 '14 at 08:55

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