youtube problem
 

Hi there
I am trying to watch a video on youtube and it gives me an error message that i dont have installed Adobe flash player. I also have Java enabled in my Iceweasel. I have tried to install the latest flash player from Adobe but it complains about the 64bit architecture of Debian.
Does anybody know what i can do about it? I also have installed the latest jre in /usr/local/ , if that matters.

Thanks for your time

You can use the ndispluginwrapper, or run a 32 bit firefox. This is of many reasons why I tell people again and again to stick with 32 bit Linux.
They never listen...

You could try gnash too, which has a 64 bit port, I think its still too buggy, but they're getting there.

Just install flashplugin-nonfree from the apt repositories. It's an automatic installer and mozilla browser plugin for the macromedia flash player. I believe that all you need to do to get it working.

As for the version from the Adobe site, the installer doesn't work, but it's possible to untar the .tgz version and copy the files manually. Then you're supposed to be able to use nspluginwrapper to run it as a plugin. However this has recently broken on Debian due to changes in their 32bit support subsystem, so I don't recommend it.

Edit: Oh, and BTW, Flash and Java have absolutely nothing to do with each other. They're completely different plugins.

Hi and thanks both of you for replying.
I actually have one question for David the H.
I tried to apt-get flashplugin but I didn't make it. I also downloaded the i386 firefox but i didn't actually know where to put the firefox folder.
I dont want to make any damage that is why I am getting the chance to ask for your advice. Can you please specify the directory to unpack the tgz?

Thanks for your time

you can install with synaptic for flashplayer.
or libflashplayer.so must be in .mozilla/plugins
but this is secret folder. if you cant see ctrl+h and try again.

manolakis:

That package is only avaible in non-free. Make sure you have that in your source list (also it came out after etch)

Like David said, the package will install the plugin for you and then it just works.

Java only works in Konqueror for 64 bit since it can use the binary directly vs needing a browser plugin.

tgz? Did you download the source? You can just get the 32 bit deb, but installing it is a whole different matter.

I kind of doubt that you can just apt-get it and it will do all that crap for you. I know Ubuntu Gutsy 64 does it. But it also sets up nswrapper - no magic here.
Installing a 32 bit browser on a 64 bit system is a messy affair, but you will find plenty tutorials, just do a google search for "debian 4 64 flash plugin" and you should get some usable results.
Again, if there is no specific reason for you to use a 64 bit system, go back to 32 - you won't gain much performance.

install the adobe flash manual !
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get...9_linux.tar.gz
#tar zxvf install....tar.gz
and after copy the two files , to the /usr/mozila/plugins/ dir .. i dont remember full path cuz im on windows now ;)
ill edit later

I have a problem with Flash videos being very sluggish, almost like stop-action. Anyone else notice this? Is there a fix for it?

Kent

Hi Oxleyk I have exactly the same. My box is a P111 500 with 256 ram, so not fast but should be enough. I had assumed that Debian multitasks differently to XP and on a small box the media apps suffer- if yours is also an older computer then we are both looking for the same answer- but if it's modern/powerful then its a software issue.

I think it's the software. I had flashplugin-nonfree installed and started noticing the problem a couple weeks ago. Earlier this week I uninstalled the nonfree and installed flashplayer-mozilla, all was good. The next day there was an update to this which I installed and the problem returned. I then reinstalled the nonfree plugin and I still have the problem.

Kent

I have a Dell notebook that has a less powerful processor, graphics card, and memory than my desktop and it plays Flash videos normally.

Kent