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ok so i have mepis installed when i go to youtube.com and try to watch a vid it tells me to install flash player so i go to adobe website ...
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    flash wont work on firefox

    ok so i have mepis installed when i go to youtube.com and try to watch a vid it tells me to install flash player so i go to adobe website and download the .deb package and try to install i get an error message about dependencies and i dont know how to install these dependencies.

    <s/install_flash_player_10_linux.deb' ;echo RESULT=$?
    (Reading database ... 73501 files and directories currently installed.)
    Preparing to replace adobe-flashplugin 10.0.32.18-1 (using .../install_flash_player_10_linux.deb) ...
    Unpacking replacement adobe-flashplugin ...
    dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adobe-flashplugin:
    adobe-flashplugin depends on libnspr4-dev; however:
    Package libnspr4-dev is not installed.
    adobe-flashplugin depends on libnss3-dev; however:
    Package libnss3-dev is not installed.
    dpkg: error processing adobe-flashplugin (--install):
    dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
    Errors were encountered while processing:
    adobe-flashplugin
    RESULT=1

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    Mepis is based on Debian. Here is a guide.
    FlashPlayer - Debian Wiki

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    actualy just figured it out used the synaptics package manger and searched for the exact name of the dependency and found them and installed them then installed flash restarted browser now it works but i can always count on you reed9 your always answering my newb post
    thanks buddy

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