Depackaging...

[colonelpaper]

Hi, I'm really new to using debian and I'm trying to install Macromedia flash player on my computer. I have the instructions on how to install it, but I'm not sure how to depackage it. If someone could tell me how that'd be great.

-Bryan-

[spoon!]

What do you mean "depackage" it? What kind of file do you have?

To install Flash, you just add "contrib" to your Apt sources and do "apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree"

[colonelpaper]

I'm not sure what the depackage means, it just tells me to do that, but how to I had the Contrib to my apt sources?

[colonelpaper]

Can anyone help me with this?

[bryansmith]

Are you sure it is not "deb package" (ends with .deb)? If it is, at the command line (as root), type:

dpkg -i <name of deb file>

Bryan

[colonelpaper]

Now that I look back, I realize it says to unpackage, not depackage...So how to I go abouts unpackaging?

[bidi]

Unpacking generally means for you to unzip the file. If the file ends with .tar.gz do "tar -zxf <filename>", if it ends with .tar.bz2 "tar -jxf <filename>".

If you want us to acutally help you, you're going to have to give a little more information. Just say that it asked you to depackage/unpackage doesn't give us much to work with. It's always a good idea to copy and past the message you got, chances are someone has seen it before.

[colonelpaper]

Okay, thanks for telling me that. I'll give you everything I know.

I'm following the directions off the following link:

http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/...ShockwaveFlash

I clicked the download now button and saved it to my desktop. Now it tells me to unpackage the file, but I'm not sure what to do in this cirumstance. So what do I do from here?

[bidi]

Well, I'm on my Win computer now, so that link is really working for me. Can you post the name of the file, exactly how it appears here to we can find out what type of file it is?

[colonelpaper]

Sure, its:

install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz