Flash on Chrome on Ubuntu 10.04

If you are like me and almost blindly click on 'Update Now' when system updates are available in Ubuntu, you may have run into the same problem I had with Chrome. I am running Ubuntu 10.04, 64-bit and use Chrome as my primary browser (from Synaptic). After the automatic updates of a few weeks ago flash stopped working and Chrome would ask me everytime 'Flash is out of date - Run this time only or Update'. But the update it was linking to on the Adobe website wouldn't work for whatever reason.

Luckily the ubuntuforums.org came to the rescue. Using a Firefox plugin called Flash-Aid you can update the Flash player semi-automatically. This plugin is published on the Mozilla website.

To install this plugin do the following:

1. Start Firefox (since it is a plugin for Firefox, this won't work in Chrome)
2. Go to: Flash-Aid
3. Follow the instructions
4. After the execution of the script restart your browser(s) and Bob's your uncle!