It seems Chrome insist on using proxy 'DIRECT' when it checks for component update (. Linking everything from /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/ to ~/.config/google-chrome/PepperFlash/ didn't seem to help. It seems this relates to how Google Chrome distribute Flash Player in version 54+, so I used the 'Check for update' button in chrome://components, and it says I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Chrome with no avail. If, however, I do this: sudo ln -s /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/ /opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash # There's no PepperFlash folder by defaultīut chrome://plugins and chrome://version still show 23.0.0.185, and Flash contents still show the 'out of date' warning and Chrome still refuse to play them. Current Flash Player version: 23.0.0.207.Now in my Chrome, all flash contents will show a warning 'Adobe Flash Player is out of date' (even if I disable Flash Player in chrome://plugins), and Chrome refused to play them. So I Googled, installed adobe-flashplugin and pepperflashplugin-nonfree instead, and Flash plugins returned - except for Google Chrome. Then this one day, for some reason I don't remember, I installed the legacy Flash Player package (I think it's flashplugin-installer?), and suddenly ALL blink-based browsers (Google Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi) lost Flash Player in their plugin setting page, and can not play Flash contents. I have been using Xubuntu without Adobe Flash package for quite some time, and things works fine. I'm in Xubuntu LTS, Google Chrome stable latest.

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