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Code: root@debian:/# apt-get install firefox Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package firefox is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may ...
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    can't install firefox in squeeze

    Code:
    root@debian:/# apt-get install firefox
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree       
    Reading state information... Done
    Package firefox 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 'firefox' has no installation candidate
    i always get this when installing firefox. is there a way?
    so with flash.

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    firefox is forked in Debian, and its name is iceweasel.
    Do:
    apt-get install iceweasel
    If you want to know when and how and why... do a short search on the WWW.

    For flash you need contrib and or non-free in your /etc/apt/sources list. For example:
    Code:
    deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free

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