Adobe Flash Player Installer gets stuck "downloading" and won't proceed

[clange122]

I'm on Mac OSX 10.10.1, using Safari and Chrome as browsers. I recently upgraded to Yosemite and since then have gotten error messages that I don't have Flash installed. When I download the Installer, it gets stuck and won't move past "30%" downloaded. I've left it for hours, and it is still at 30 when I return. Is there a permissions issue that I could play with to allow it to continue installing? Any suggestions for what to try to get this installed?

I've been able to download the installer itself, but the problem comes after I double-click "Install Adobe Flash Player." See screenshot below.

This is where it gets stuck:

[Jeff A Wright]

Moving this discussion to the Installing Flash Player forum.

[pwillener · Accepted solution]

Use the offline installer http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/latest/help/install_flash_player_osx.dmg