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I am getting the following errors when I play a YouTube video:

Failed to load "libpepflashplayer.so"
Freswrapper is a translation layer which needs PPAPI plugin backend. Ensure your system have "libpepflashplayer.so" available.
Paths tried:
/opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so
/opt/google/chrome-beta/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so
/opt/google/chrome-unstable/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libpepflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/pepperflashplugin-nonfree/libpepflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so
/usr/lib64/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/chromium-browser/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/chromium/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so
/usr/lib64/chromium/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so
/opt/chromium/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/pepflashplugin-installer/libpepflashplayer.so

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 32-bit.

How do I correct the above errors?

Patrick
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    As a side note: Google has withdrawn all support for Chrome on 32-bit systems. See http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/01/google-chrome-linux-32-bit-discontinued for more information. It is something to keep in mind when you upgrade to a newer Ubuntu version. Chromium and Firefox continue to be available on i386 systems. – Nick Weinberg Jun 04 '16 at 17:02

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You'll need to install the Pepper Flash plugin. Do so by running following commands in terminal:

sudo apt-get install pepperflashplugin-nonfree

and then

sudo update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree --install

See this post on WebUpd8 for more details.

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  • I tried your commands but didn't worked. First command says its already newest version and second didn't print any log. – Patrick Jun 04 '16 at 17:54
  • @Patrick, do you have a file named libpepflashplayer.so in any of the directories listed in the error log in your question ? What browser are you using ? – Jonas Czech Jun 04 '16 at 17:56
  • I checked in /usr and /opt but didn't found that .so and I am using firefox 45.0 browser – Patrick Jun 04 '16 at 18:00
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Google changed the key source. Try this, it worked for me.

gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 1397BC53640DB551

gpg --export --armor 1397BC53640DB551 | sudo sh -c 'cat >> /usr/lib/pepperflashplugin-nonfree/pubkey-google.txt'

sudo update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree --install
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