Flash Player Installation

[nujinini]

Hi,

May I please ask how to install the latest flash player for my newly installed debian (kde) ? If its possible, can I do it through the konsole? I like to learn doing things there

Thank you very much!

debian:~# uname -a
Linux debian 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Fri Aug 14 01:27:18 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
debian:~#

[robertdaleweir]

Hi nujinini
Found this post elsewhere. Not sure if it is correct but seems similar to the packages I used on Fedora. --->

Debian 5.0 'Lenny' : Flash Player 10

Architecture: i386, amd64

Configure your system to use lenny-backports as described here: instructions [Debian Backports] . Be warned : The resulting system can't be considered plain "stable" anymore.

How to install flashplugin-nonfree :

apt-get update
apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

How to update flashplugin-nonfree :

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

How to update the Adobe Flash Player :

/usr/sbin/update-flashplugin-nonfree --install

Remember that if you need the Flash Player to work with pulse, you can ask libasound to do so in your ~/.asoundrc:

pcm.pulse {
type pulse
}

ctl.pulse {
type pulse
}

pcm.!default {
type pulse
}

ctl.!default {
type pulse
}

It took me a long time to find this easy one! In fact, Flash10 is using alsa...

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Some stuff on Pulse as it is the Sound Server on many distros. Hope this helps. Cheers...
Robert

[KPolulak]

You could also try installing gnash:

sudo apt-get install gnash

Personally, I didn't have much luck using gnash but I have heard some positive things about it from others so I'd still recommend it.

Using the method provided by robertdaleweir is what worked for me.