How to enable the flash plugin in google chrome native

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Note (you need to have the flash plugin installed already (and verify that it works), for example with firefox):

then open gnome-terminal and go to /opt/google/chrome (or to wherever you installed chrome)

run the command updatedb (note: this might take some time and you might have to run it as root if sudo doesn't help)

now in the console, type:

locate libflash


You should get something like this:

/opt/google/chrome/plugins/libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.0/program/libflashlx.so
/var/lib/flashplugin-installer/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so



now in /opt/google/chrome/
Create the "plugins" directory, so type:

mkdir plugins


Now go to the plugins directory:

cd plugins


Now copy the shared library over to this directory:

cp /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so ./


go back to the google chrome root direcory:

cd ..


Now close all running instances of google chrome (otherwise it will just open a new tab, which won't work)
Now run google-chrome with the --enable-plugins option

./google-chrome --enable-plugins


Go to www.youtube.com and try running the first video you see.
It works!