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Re: Installing flashplayer



On Friday 25 Apr 2008, simon rowe wrote:
> 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
>

Run "apt-cache showpkg flashplugin-nonfree" to determine what packages are 
available in your current repositories.  Also which version of Debian you are 
using?

Chris.


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