quick and easy
sudo update-flashplugin-nonfree --status # optional
sudo update-flashplugin-nonfree --install~$ sudo update-flashplugin-nonfree --status
Flash Player version installed on this system : 11.2.202.346
Flash Player version available on upstream site: 11.2.202.350
flash-mozilla.so - auto mode
link currently points to /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so - priority 50
Current 'best' version is '/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so'.
~$ installed ... 11.2.202.346
upstream ... 11.2.202.350
--verbose: optional
~$ sudo update-flashplugin-nonfree --install --verbose
options : --install --verbose --
temporary directory: /tmp/flashplugin-nonfree.66P20lzKUL
importing public key ...
selected action = --install
installed version = 11.2.202.346
upstream version = 11.2.202.350
wgetoptions= -nd -P . -v --progress=dot:default
downloading http://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/fp.11.2.202.350.sha512.i386.pgp.asc ...
--2014-04-24 01:40:43-- http://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/fp.11.2.202.350.sha512.i386.pgp.asc
Resolving people.debian.org (people.debian.org)... 206.12.19.5
Connecting to people.debian.org (people.debian.org)|206.12.19.5|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1271 (1.2K) [text/plain]
Saving to: `./fp.11.2.202.350.sha512.i386.pgp.asc'
0K . 100% 71.7M=0s
2014-04-24 01:40:44 (71.7 MB/s) - `./fp.11.2.202.350.sha512.i386.pgp.asc' saved [1271/1271]
verifying PGP fp.11.2.202.350.sha512.i386.pgp.asc ...
copying /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz ...
verifying checksum install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz ...
wgetoptions= -nd -P . -v --progress=dot:default -O /tmp/flashplugin-nonfree.66P20lzKUL/install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz
--2014-04-24 01:40:45-- http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/11.2.202.350/install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz
Resolving fpdownload.macromedia.com (fpdownload.macromedia.com)... 23.34.34.70
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com (fpdownload.macromedia.com)|23.34.34.70|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 6924071 (6.6M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: `/tmp/flashplugin-nonfree.66P20lzKUL/install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz'
0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 0% 34.3K 3m15s
# <snip>
6750K .......... . 100% 32.9K=2m40s
2014-04-24 01:43:26 (42.2 KB/s) - `/tmp/flashplugin-nonfree.66P20lzKUL/install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz' saved [6924071/6924071]
verifying checksum install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz ...
unpacking install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz ...
verifying checksum contents of install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz ...
moving libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree ...
setting permissions and ownership of /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so ...
Flash Player version: 11.2.202.350
moving install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz to /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree ...
flash-mozilla.so - auto mode
link currently points to /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so - priority 50
Current 'best' version is '/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so'.
calling update-alternatives ...
flash-mozilla.so - auto mode
link currently points to /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so - priority 50
Current 'best' version is '/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so'.
removing /usr/bin/flash-player-properties
removing /usr/share/applications/flash-player-properties.desktop
removing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/flash-player-properties.png
removing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/flash-player-properties.png
removing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/flash-player-properties.png
removing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/flash-player-properties.png
removing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/flash-player-properties.png
removing /usr/share/pixmaps/flash-player-properties.png
installing /usr/bin/flash-player-properties
installing /usr/share/applications/flash-player-properties.desktop
installing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/flash-player-properties.png
installing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/flash-player-properties.png
installing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/flash-player-properties.png
installing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/flash-player-properties.png
installing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/flash-player-properties.png
installing /usr/share/pixmaps/flash-player-properties.png
end of action --install
cleaning up temporary directory /tmp/flashplugin-nonfree.66P20lzKUL ...
end of update-flashplugin-nonfree
~$ ~$ sudo update-flashplugin-nonfree --status
Flash Player version installed on this system : 11.2.202.350
Flash Player version available on upstream site: 11.2.202.350
flash-mozilla.so - auto mode
link currently points to /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so - priority 50
Current 'best' version is '/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so'.
~$ installed ... 11.2.202.350
upstream ... 11.2.202.350
~$ sudo update-flashplugin-nonfree
Usage:
update-flashplugin-nonfree --install
update-flashplugin-nonfree --uninstall
update-flashplugin-nonfree --status
Additional options:
--verbose
--quiet
~$ $ ls -l /usr/sbin/update-* | grep --only-matching 'update.*'
update-alternatives -> ../bin/update-alternatives
update-binfmts
update-ca-certificates
update-catalog
update-default-aspell -> update-dictcommon-aspell
update-default-ispell
update-default-wordlist
update-dictcommon-aspell
update-dictcommon-hunspell
update-distcc-symlinks
update-flashplugin-nonfree
update-fonts-alias
update-fonts-dir
update-fonts-scale
update-grub
update-gsfontmap
update-icon-caches
update-icon-caches.gtk2
update-inetd
update-info-dir
update-initramfs
update-java-alternatives
update-locale
update-mime
update-passwd
update-python-modules
update-rc.d
update-rcconf-guide
update-smart-drivedb
update-usbids
update-xmlcatalog
~$