Re: linux debian
On Mon, 2013-10-14 at 11:17 +0100, larry mckenna wrote:
> hi ralph, thnaks for getting back ! why can i not install packages
> after downloading them or can you suggest software package that will
> open flash player up please ? larry mc kenna.
It might be, that your repositories list doesn't include "non-free",
then apt-get etc. don't have access to packages that provide proprietary
packages. I didn't read thi, but you should do:
https://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer
However, my main distro is Arch Linux, it would be better if somebody
else explains you how to add the ability to install proprietary software
by your Debian or Ubuntu repositories.
If you manually downloaded a .deb you can install it by
su
cd /path/to/the/downloaded/package.deb
dpkg -i package.deb
Adobe Flash Player for Linux is outdated and Adobe claims they never
ever will update it again. If you want to use Linux and need "real"
Adobe Flash support, you better install google-chrome.
https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/
For many flash crap you don't need Adobe Flash, even if a website should
claim this, you simply can ignore such messages. HTML5 capable browser,
e.g. Firefox/Iceweasel often can play flash crap without this plugin,
then you don't need google-chrome.
Please, don't reply off-list, don't top post and don't use HTML :),
don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining "to someone who sent" me "a
carbon copy when" I "did not ask for it" as mentioned by
http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct , I suspect you are a
newbie and need to learn some things, that's why I reply to the list and
Cc to you.
Hth,
Ralf
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