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Re: Flash Player 11 under Debian Lenny



On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:34:46 -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote:

>> On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:16:55 -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote:
>> 
>>>>  On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:57:06 -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>>>>   On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:04:37 +0000, Camaleón wrote:

(...)

>> How is that Fedora does not have an external repository for the 64 bits
>> version of the plugin? That sounds unbelievable :-?
> 
> 
> They do, but Fedora is very strict with their repositories and the
> contents (apps, drivers, plugins, etc.): Open Source only, whether 32 or
> 64-bit, with source available.  Anything proprietary like Flash, or
> where source isn't available, must be in third party ones, and is
> unsupported by Fedora.  In other words: "Use at Your Own Risk."  

The same happens in Debian.

> Adobe has its own Fedora repository, many software developers do, but
> it's all 32-bit.  As far as I know, Adobe has no 64-bit repository for
> sotware or plugins.  Of course, I haven't checked in a couple of years.

You mean this YUM source?

http://get.adobe.com/es/flashplayer/completion/?installer=Flash_Player_11_for_other_Linux_(YUM)_64-bit

What I don't know if it is working right now :-?

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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