Flash Player error on Linux Ubuntu

I've downloaded the ".tar.gz" file from the Adobe Flash Player Download site, and i saved it on my desktop but somehow it only contains one file named "libflashplayer.so" and the instalation file is missing. I've tried to re-download and re-extract the packet but still, it doesnt show up. Any ideas how i can fix this and successfully start watching YouTube videos on my Ubuntu?
Thank you,
McQueen.

Hi,
My suggestion is to install Flash using the Ubuntu package using synaptic. This way, the package manager knows about it and, when a new Flash version comes out and is repackaged (like it did yesterday), the update manager will automatically install it for you.
Find and start synaptic under the panel System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager. You will be prompted for your administrator password (login password if your user has admin privledgies) then synaptic will starts. Once it loads and finishes rebuilding its indexes, enter flash in the Quick search text box. The package that you want to install is flashplugin-nonfree. Click on the check box at the start of the line, and select mark for installation. If you are prompted for additional packages (I was prompted for the flashplugin-installer package), click on mark to select the additional packages. Once this is done, click on the green check mark apply button in the toolbar and synaptic will download and install all of the needed Flash packages.
Another option, described at the Ubuntu documentation site page https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/internet/C/web-browsing.html , is to install all of the restricted web browser plugins using the one ubuntu-restricted-extras package. This installs Flash, restricted gstreamer video codecs, the Sun Java 6 plugin, and the unrar unpacker program. To do this in synaptic, search for the ubuntu-restricted-extras package, select it to be installed, mark all of the packages that it depends on, and click on apply. You can also simply click on the "click here to install" link on the above listed page, but on my system there is no application associated with the apt link, and I do not know what to use for this at this time.
The process of finding and filling any package dependencies, with easy, automatic upgrading, and easy package removal is where using the system package manager shines.
Note that there may be legal issues with installing these packages as they contain patented or closed source software. See the above web page for a link to the Ubuntu web site for more information about this.
I hope that this helps,
William

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