Harry Veltman grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> How can I install flash player? Many web sites require flash player.
> Why is it so difficult to find out how to install it on debian and
> other linux distributions?
Looks like it's available:
> $ aptitude show flashplugin-nonfree
> Package: flashplugin-nonfree
> State: not installed
> Version: 1:2.8.2+squeeze1
> Priority: optional
> Section: contrib/web
> Maintainer: Bart Martens <bartm@debian.org>
> Uncompressed Size: 135 k
> Depends: debconf | debconf-2.0, wget, gnupg, libatk1.0-0, libcairo2, libfontconfig1, libfreetype6, libgcc1, libglib2.0-0, libgtk2.0-0,
> libnspr4-0d, libnss3-1d, libpango1.0-0, libstdc++6, libx11-6, libxext6, libxt6, libcurl3-gnutls
> Suggests: iceweasel, konqueror-nsplugins, x-ttcidfont-conf, msttcorefonts, ttf-dejavu, ttf-xfree86-nonfree,
> flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound
> Conflicts: flashplayer-mozilla, flashplugin (< 6), libflash-mozplugin, xfs (< 1:1.0.1-5)
> Replaces: flashplugin (< 6)
> Description: Adobe Flash Player - browser plugin
> This package will download the Flash Player from Adobe. It is a Netscape/Mozilla type plugin. Any browser based on Netscape or
> Mozilla can use the Flash Player. This package currently supports the following browsers: Mozilla, Mozilla-Firefox, Firefox,
> Iceweasel, and Iceape. Also Galeon and Epiphany can use the Flash Player. Konqueror can also use the Flash Player if
> konqueror-nsplugins is installed.
>
> WARNING: Installing this Debian package causes the Adobe Flash Player to be downloaded from www.adobe.com. The End User License
> Agreement of the Adobe Flash Player is available at www.adobe.com.
> Homepage: http://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer
> $
"aptitude search flash" gave me showed several packages with the name in
it, which was how I found the one above.
BTW, it's just "Flash Player." Shockwave is a separate product that
Adobe makes.
--Dave
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