“This wiki page describes how to install the Adobe Flash Player, formerly known as the Macromedia Flash Player, on Debian systems. This page serves as the homepage of the Debian package “flashplugin-nonfree”.
End User License Agreement of the Adobe Flash Player
The newest versions of the Debian package “flashplugin-nonfree” have this warning in the package description:
WARNING: Installing this Debian package causes the
Adobe Flash Player to be downloaded from www.adobe.com.
The End User License Agreement of the Adobe Flash Player
is available at www.adobe.com.
Debian stable
Architecture: i386
To do only once : use the instructions in the Combine Debian stable and backports.org section below.
How to install flashplugin-nonfree :
apt-get update
apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
How to update flashplugin-nonfree :
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
How to update the Adobe Flash Player :
apt-get update
apt-get –reinstall install flashplugin-nonfree
Debian testing
Architecture: i386 amd64
To do only once : Edit /etc/apt/preferences and /etc/apt/sources.list to allow flashplugin-nonfree from Debian unstable to be installed on your Debian testing system (in a way similar to Combine Debian stable and backports.org).
How to install flashplugin-nonfree :
apt-get update
apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
How to update flashplugin-nonfree :
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
How to update the Adobe Flash Player :
apt-get update
apt-get –reinstall install flashplugin-nonfree
Debian unstable
Architecture: i386 amd64
How to install flashplugin-nonfree :
apt-get update
apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
How to update flashplugin-nonfree :
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
How to update the Adobe Flash Player :
apt-get update
apt-get –reinstall install flashplugin-nonfree
Combine Debian stable and backports.org
Be warned : The resulting system can’t be considered plain “stable” anymore.
Import archive’s key into apt :
wget -O – http://backports.org/debian/archive.key | apt-key add -
Edit /etc/apt/preferences or create it. An example of /etc/apt/preferences :
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=stable
Pin-Priority: 500
Package: flashplugin-nonfree
Pin: release o=Debian,a=stable
Pin-Priority: -1
Package: empty-expect
Pin: release o=Backports.org archive,a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 500
Package: flashplugin-nonfree
Pin: release o=Backports.org archive,a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 500
Package: *
Pin: release a=now
Pin-Priority: 100
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian
Pin-Priority: -1
Package: *
Pin: release *
Pin-Priority: -1
Add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list :
deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib
To update the lists of available packages :
apt-get update
That’s it. Now your Debian stable system is configured to use flashplugin-nonfree from backports.org as if flashplugin-nonfree were a package in Debian stable itself.
Supported browsers in Debian
*
Iceweasel
* Galeon
*
Opera ( >= 9.50 beta 1 )
* Konqueror
* … and more
External Links
*
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/ – Adobe Flash Player Homepage.
*
http://packages.debian.org/flashplugin-nonfree
*
http://packages.qa.debian.org/flashplugin-nonfree
*
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?src=flashplugin-nonfree