Re: Installing flashplayer

[Richard Möhn <richard.moehn@gmx.de>]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 04:16:27PM +0100, simon rowe wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have recently installed Debian for the first time
> and am just trying to get to grips with using Linux. I
> am having trouble installing flash player with apt,
> below is the output that I am getting:
> 
> simondebian:/sys# apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Package flashplugin-nonfree is not available, but is
> referred to by another package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been
> obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
> E: Package flashplugin-nonfree has no installation
> candidate
> 
> I was wondering if you would be able to shed some
> light on how to install this.
> 
> Many Thanks,
> Simon Rowe.
> 
>
Hello Simon,

you could install the tarball from the Adobe page manually or you can
install the flashplugin from the Debian backports I think.

Greetings,
Richard