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Iceweasel Flash Plugin

Dear Debian users,

Being a Fedora user myself, I have little experience with Iceweasel or how much of Debian works. I am attempting to install the Flash plugin on a Debian machine in Iceweasel, to no avail. The machine is 32 bit, version 4.0, with GNOME as the GUI. I have tried installing the tarball from the flash website and the .deb package.

The .deb file has a dependency problem that I can not resolve. The tarball finished "installing" in about two seconds, and I do not think that it did anything.

How might I go about doing this correctly?

open synaptic, type flash in the search window.
install he flashplayers you need

Specifically, what is the name of the package that I should install? Typically, Synaptic hangs when I try to search.

flashplugin-nonfree
flashplayer-mozilla
flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound

For flashplugin-nonfree you need contrib non-free in your sources.list

for flashplayer-mozilla you need the debian-multimedia.org repo.

Thank you all, I will try when I am in the same building as the machine, this afternoon.

I have added the repos and am still not finding anything in Synaptic.

It would be worth posting the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list.
Just to see exactly what you have.

Regards.
The trooper.

Here it is:

#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20070407-11:29]/ etch contrib main

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20070407-11:29]/ etch contrib main

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free

I couldn't find anything in the repos. I tried the package from Adobe, installation totally failed, but flash now works in iceweasel out of spite??

I'm not touching flash until I absolutely have to update.

For Etch you need backports.org repo for Lenny your best bet would be to use debian-multimedia.org or install flashplugin-nonfree from Sid.

Debian User Forums :: View topic - Installing Adobe Flash
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=33872

Excellent. I have installed the plugin, thank you.

iceweasel and flashplugin

I know this is old, but this thread is relevant to me (albeit a year later) and didn't solve my problem, and my solution may be good for some others who might be searching the great online:

craigevil is right (i.e. you have to add "deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free" to your /etc/apt/sources.list and then run "sudo apt-get update"; then, I ran "sudo apt-get install debian-backports-keyring" just to avoid the "not verified" type warning when actually then running "sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree").

The problem for me is that I'm a minimalist, so I use iceweasel that came with xfce (as opposed to firefox that would work with the above); SO, I had to "sudo mkdir /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins" and "sudo cp /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins" for iceweasel to work. Could also have "sudo ln -s /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so libflashplayer.so" from inside the iceweasel plugins folder.

ippatmore: curious how your iceweasel works without this step?

Quote:

Originally Posted by hunter3740 (Post 3971718)

Shouldn't have had to do anything but install it. The problem most of the time is either swfdec or gnash overrides flashplugin-nonfree.

about:plugins (I use flashplayer-mozilla from the debian-multimedia.org repo)
Shockwave Flash
Filename /usr/lib/flashplayer-mozilla/libflashplayer.so
Plugin Version:
Plugin Description: Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45

$update-alternatives --list flash-mozilla.so
/usr/lib/flashplayer-mozilla/libflashplayer.so

Iceweasel plugins can be in either /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins or /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.

Code:

ls -l /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins

total 0

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 Apr  4 07:14 gecko-mediaplayer-dvx.so -> ../../mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-dvx.so

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 Apr  4 07:14 gecko-mediaplayer-qt.so -> ../../mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-qt.so

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 Apr  4 07:14 gecko-mediaplayer-rm.so -> ../../mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-rm.so

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Apr  4 07:14 gecko-mediaplayer.so -> ../../mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer.so

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 Apr  4 07:14 gecko-mediaplayer-wmp.so -> ../../mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-wmp.so

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 Apr  4 07:18 libjavaplugin.so -> /etc/alternatives/iceweasel-javaplugin.so



ls -l /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

total 468

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    34 Dec  3  2008 flash-mozilla.so -> /etc/alternatives/flash-mozilla.so

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 89760 Mar  6 13:14 gecko-mediaplayer-dvx.so

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 90048 Mar  6 13:14 gecko-mediaplayer-qt.so

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 89920 Mar  6 13:14 gecko-mediaplayer-rm.so

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 93152 Mar  6 13:14 gecko-mediaplayer.so

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 90368 Mar  6 13:14 gecko-mediaplayer-wmp.so

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    39 Jul  3  2009 libjavaplugin.so -> /etc/alternatives/mozilla-javaplugin.so

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    41 May  3 01:36 libnpsoplugin.so -> ../../openoffice/program/libnpsoplugin.so

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    39 Jan  8 10:51 nphelix.so -> /opt/real/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.so

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    40 Jan  8 10:51 nphelix.xpt -> /opt/real/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.xpt

smallest footprint possible requires some extra tweaking

Quote:

Originally Posted by craigevil (Post 3971745)

Shouldn't have had to do anything but install it.
...
Iceweasel plugins can be in either /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins or /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.
...

I would agree, but because of my minimalist ways; i.e. only base system install to start (and opted against online repositories; i.e. add them manually as needed), and xfce (the lightest of all GUI, yes?), I did not have a /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins folder (and note: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flash-mozilla.so did exist post installing the flash plugin).

So, my case is more like an exception (rather than just trying to get others to perform unnecessary steps).

Nice to post complete entree...

Hi all, looking for information and find this post, I thought as typical that I hit it... I also find something that I will continue to bring up in that when someone is having problems with a certain command or you suggest an entry such as with sources.list, give them a break and give them the line they need to enter. Not just 'contrib/non-free' if you are new, one you might not know about sources.list or especially what needs to be in the line. As is typical, that was done here, and they had to ask more times for information on how that line is entered. It would have saved them and the rest of us from searching through stuff to find the line format.

I only mention this because I have a good IT background in hardware and software, but I still see the short answer then 10 questions and replies about how to type it in or where to look for help etc... If you are going to enter something and you dont' have the machine, then tell them so and advise them where to look (which should always be there). You guys that are old hands might just need a nudge in the correct direction, but if you are just moving to Linux, you have lots to learn. Remember when you had to learn it?

I have also closed threads that I didn't give the solution, as I didn't think it mattered, but it does, when you close make sure the answer is there for people in the future that are looking for solved problems, if the answer isn't there, then we aren't doing what we need to help all of us be better at what we do..

JMHO....

Jack

So you resurrected an old thread just to post this sermon?

1) Your post has nothing to do with the thread in question.

2) The people asking again and again should search the forums where they will find thousands of threads on how to configure sources.list and install the flash plugin.

3) I went to duckduckgo.com and entered 'debian flash plugin'. The first result:
http://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer

4) Next I searched for 'debian sources.list'. The first result:
http://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList

To be specific:
http://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList#E...7_.22Wheezy.22

Yea, I guess. I had questions about it and came over here expressly for an answer and there was none. As I've stated that I've done it before and just thought if I'd leave a note that the next person wouldn't have too. Sorry about the sermon, it wasn't meant to be that way, but I've only stated items that I have run into and though the rest of you would like to 'be advised' that we could make it better. Is that sermon or over peoples heads? I wasn't trying to stir up anything, just make more of a point to assist. As was needed in this conversation, it would have limited it to one interaction.

My apologies... No offense intended

Jack

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkwilborn (Post 4988449)

but if you are just moving to Linux, you have lots to learn. Remember when you had to learn it?

People learn by being pointed in the correct direction and, usually, following that up with some reading. That is why solutions are often step by step. The idea is to help people help themselves, not simply spoon-feed information. A board like this is users helping other users, not an instruction manual. The goal is to teach newcomers how to understand the manual, not copy it. Speaking of which, if a beginner wants information on things like sources.list and installing packages on a specific system, the first place to look should be that distribution's web site. Hence, pointing people to the manual is also appropriate.

Yes, I agree as was stated in my first notation, but the more you leave them with the more and easier it is to get them up and going for self help. Like I stated to give them direction of where to find this information would be greatly appreciated. How difficult is it to give them a link or directions to a man page? It took me a while before I found that I could direct man to a sequenced page to find other information. I still, have requested, but not found any way to search the man pages for a command or something that I could use the man pages for if I didn't know the command, which seems like an obvious way to search out information.

Just trying to let others know what I think would help make this better. Where do you draw the line at how many times someone has to come back and ask for more help? I know I've had to do it and from the looks of the communications almost all take a number of times for something simple to be communicated to the requesting party. I think if we could do it in a couple exchanges we would make the service and use easier and give them a way to enhance their use and ability to fix their own problems.

If you know nothing about what you need to do, we need to add references or indications of where to find this stuff... It's not so obvious and it isn't meant to be hidden...

I just don't feel we need to hold bait out in front of someone who has a problem and would like help in fixing that. Not to make them ask repetitively how to enter a command or some other option, like adding a line in the sources.list file, which I still and not sure I completely understand how that works. And I've been using it for over 8 months...

Jack

Hi,

at the risk of contributing to a thread that is _way_ off topic...

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkwilborn (Post 4989594)

I still, have requested, but not found any way to search the man pages for a command or something that I could use the man pages for if I didn't know the command, which seems like an obvious way to search out information.

I didn't see such a request. But perhaps you are looking for something like the "apropos" command.

Quote:

Just trying to let others know what I think would help make this better. Where do you draw the line at how many times someone has to come back and ask for more help?

Spoon feeding is the worst thing to do. It causes users to keep coming back asking questions that they could trivially answer themselves if they had ever learnt how to find and read relevant documentation.

Quote:

Not to make them ask repetitively how to enter a command or some other option, like adding a line in the sources.list file, which I still and not sure I completely understand how that works. And I've been using it for over 8 months...

Have you looked at http://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList? If there is something that isn't clear about that page feel free to start a new thread asking for clarification.

Please note that LQ is a community, and a resource for those in the community, it is not simply a "service" for noobs.

Evo2.