-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 05:17:49PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >>> as has already been mentioned, just grab the tarball and install it >>> yourself. >>> >>> But, you have reminded me... the release went final but the debian >>> package hasn't been updated so it 1) can't find the file for download >>> and 2) if you manually download it and rename it, it can't install >>> because the md5 sum doesn't match... I'm off to check the bug reports >>> and file one if needed. >>> >>> A >> Why are you all making such a big deal of this? If you're using >> IceWeasel, all you have to do it hit any webpage that uses flash >> (http://distrowatch.com for example) and click on the install missing >> plugin icon. It will install Flash 9.0... at least it did for me. >> > > because if someone wants to set up a shiny new etch machine for > mom/wife*/kid/whoever they want to install as much of that stuff as > possible up front to minimise later "help-desk" calls. And if > installing flash doesn't work out the door, then they have to jump > through more hoops to make it work. Not to mention -- debian rocks and > we hate to see anything tarnish its reputation! :) > > A
I can understand that. I have all of the above, and yes have to answer help desk calls. I wish I had installed Debian on my mother-in-law's box because I had to spend an hour with her on the phone to walk her through installing an update to her anti-virus package on Windows. According to my apt-cache, it's there. See.... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache show flashplugin-nonfree Package: flashplugin-nonfree Priority: optional Section: contrib/web Installed-Size: 124 Maintainer: Bart Martens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 9.0.31.0.1 Replaces: flashplugin (<< 6) Depends: debconf | debconf-2.0, wget, libgtk2.0-0, fontconfig, libxt6, libxext6, libatk1.0-0, libc6, libcairo2, libexpat1, libfontconfig1, libfreetype6, libglib2.0-0, libice6, libpango1.0-0, libpng12-0, libsm6, libx11-6, libxau6, libxcursor1, libxdmcp6, libxfixes3, libxi6, libxinerama1, libxrandr2, libxrender1, zlib1g Recommends: xfs (>= 1:1.0.1-5) Suggests: iceweasel, konqueror-nsplugins, x-ttcidfont-conf, msttcorefonts, ttf-bitstream-vera | ttf-dejavu, ttf-xfree86-nonfree Conflicts: flashplugin (<< 6), xfs (<< 1:1.0.1-5), flashplayer-mozilla Filename: pool/contrib/f/flashplugin-nonfree/flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.31.0.1_i386.deb Size: 13252 MD5sum: 66a42bc6b91f4aabb534535ff9afc264 SHA1: 304130034afadc13a8766413835fb2fd2ab507dd SHA256: bec4feba8e30b7e771bf23d1720ba8ba15010ee92ead6c2e4e540689460a6040 Description: Adobe Flash Player plugin installer This package will download the Flash Player from Adobe. It is useful for mozilla browser variants like Iceweasel. . WARNING: Installing this Debian package causes the Adobe flash plugin to be downloaded from www.adobe.com. The distribution license of the Adobe flash plugin is available at www.adobe.com. Installing this Debian package implies that you have accepted the terms of that license. . Homepage: http://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer Tag: suite::mozilla, use::browsing -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF00d9iXBCVWpc5J4RAk5HAJ9zZ0oboVTsZgVHp5io+tS+d9EUsACeMR+b vyz8Smk+R6Td9vPf2u/J+4c= =CRpd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
