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After some steps to install swf, i.e. two packages. I am not 100% sure the first one was needed, though. I first installed the package flashplayer-mozilla, which uninstalled flashplugin-nonfree as a side effect. This step alone fixed nothing.
So firefox has no swf youtube working
Why we have in lenny : xmms2
iceape does not exist anymore
and firefox, sometimes can be installed, and sometimes not.
what's wrong, why do they change all the time the names of the packages?
flashplayer-mozilla and flashplugin-nonfree both install Adobe Flash, if your flash still isn't working in iceweasel look in about:plugins to see what it is trying to use for flash.
iceape was removed for various reasons look in the BTS.Iceweasel should always install if your using Mozilla Firefox instead you will need to either copy or symlink your plugins.
xmms was removed from Debian because it was dead upstream.
Packages get dropped usually when they are either dead upstream or when someone stops maintaining them.
The best way to install the flash plugin is still to install flashplugin-nonfree from either backports or sid (backports if you're running stable or earlier, sid for testing+).
This will install the latest version of flashplayer directly from adobe. It will also setup the links necessary for the alternatives system to work properly (assuming you haven't totally messed them up due to earlier attempts). And you can update to a more recent flash release simply by running:
Code:
# update-flashplugin-nonfree
If you do this properly you can even have adobe flash, swf, and gnash all installed at the same time using whichever one suits you at the moment simply by adjusting the alternative link. Easiest way to play with alternatives is probably using the gui (galternatives) but update-alternatives works fine as well. You'd start with:
Code:
# update-alternatives --config flash-mozilla.so
and choose the correct alternative (if more than one is installed)
thank you for the answers and help
hmmm ... bit tricky :-(
Code:
b# update-flashplugin-nonfree --install
gpg failed to import /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/pubkey.asc
robotech:/home/frenchn00b# update-alternatives --config flash-mozilla.so
There is only 1 program which provides flash-mozilla.so
(/usr/lib/swfdec-mozilla/libswfdecmozilla.so). Nothing to configure.
I mean, cannot we put the backport always working, by default since the regular/stable packages from debian are crap for flashplugin?
Luckily that backport is there !! it's cool
I have run across this behavior. It's always been on a fresh install. What I have found to be the reason is that the swfdec packages are installed by default, and made to be the default engine for playing flash media. The problem seems to be that the swfdec packages don't always play all/newer flash content. Just installing the proprietary flash player doesn't seem to change the default. Removing the swfdec packages allows the Adobe flashplayer package to work as desired as it then becomes the default player for flash media.
And I got the following in the root terminal:
tsuru1:/home/maillo# apt-get - lenny-backports install flashplugin-nonfree
E: Invalid operation lenny-backports
Example sources list containing both debian-multimedia and debian backports.
Code:
deb http://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/linux/debian/ lenny main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/linux/debian/ lenny main non-free contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main
don't forget to install the keyring for the new repositories when you add them
And I got the following in the root terminal:
tsuru1:/home/maillo# apt-get - lenny-backports install flashplugin-nonfree
E: Invalid operation lenny-backports
You left out the -t
For backports you would use apt-get -t lenny-backports install packagename
Or just do it the easy/lazy way and use Synaptic.
A well rounded sources.list for Lenny/stable that gives you pretty much any package you will ever need as well as updates.
I do not run a server just a normal desktop and in the 5 years I have ran Debian
I have yet had to look outside of the repos for a package.Even skype, google and opera have repos.
There is a thread stickied in the Debian forum where people have posted there sources.list if you need something that isn't in one of the above repos.
My only comment would be to replace the "stable" in the first few lines with "lenny". That way when Squeeze becomes stable you don't accidentally end up with a mixed Squeeze and Lenny system (though likely you don't have to worry about that until early 2011 when Squeeze becomes stable).
those additional repositories (debian-multimedia and backports) cover far more software than just that flash package..
so adjusting your sources list can address more than one issue.
yes you can manually download and install it, but why bother when a more comprehensive fix is so easily available ?
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