Re: Shockwave Plugin
Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to add non-free and contrib.
Find a line that says something like this:
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main (actually, any big debian mirror will work)
and change it so it goes like this:
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
Basically, you're adding non-free and contrib to your sources. Then just "apt-get update" "apt-get
install shockwave". Now that I think about it, I think shockwave is in the contrib section because
it doesn't have the binary in it. The only way that this will not work is if I pulled it from a
different source, because I have a very eclectic list of sources that I got from a friend.
"Dale L . Morris" wrote:
> I don't know where the non-free package list is, if I go to
> debian/packages it doesn't list a non-free grouping. I have seen it
> before, but don't know where it's at..
> I apologize for this duh.. type question, but it's a duh.. kind of
> day.
> thanks
>
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 11:45:29AM -0700 50, Michael Smith <msmith4@gladstone.uoregon.edu> wrote:
>
> > There's an install script in nonfree. It tells you to go to an url and download the
> > plugin. Then tell the config script where the file is downloaded and it installs.
> >
> > "Dale L . Morris" wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a debian package for the shockwave plugin? If not, how's the
> > > best way to install it on my system?
> > > I've had a little success using alien -i [package name.rpm] to install
> > > rpm packages but using the same for tar.gz packages doesn't seem to
> > > work. I'll be reading the manual for alien, but in the meantime, is
> > > there an easy, sound way to install the shockwave plugin? Or just
> > > download it to /usr/local unzip and untar and ./configure/make/make
> > > install?
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > "Make voyages, attempt them, there's nothing else."
> > >
> >
> >
>
> --
>
> "Make voyages, attempt them, there's nothing else."
> --Tennessee Williams
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