2008/4/25, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > On 04/25/08 10:57, Chris Roberts wrote: > > On Friday 25 Apr 2008, simon rowe wrote: > >> I have recently installed Debian for the first time > >> and am just trying to get to grips with using Linux. I > >> am having trouble installing flash player with apt, > >> below is the output that I am getting: > >> > >> simondebian:/sys# apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree > >> Reading package lists... Done > >> Building dependency tree... Done > >> Package flashplugin-nonfree is not available, but is > >> referred to by another package. > >> This may mean that the package is missing, has been > >> obsoleted, or > >> is only available from another source > >> E: Package flashplugin-nonfree has no installation > >> candidate > >> > > > > Run "apt-cache showpkg flashplugin-nonfree" to determine what packages > are > > available in your current repositories. Also which version of Debian you > are > > using? > > > And do you have debian-multimedia.org in your sources.list file? > > - -- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA > > We want... a Shrubbery!! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFIEh34S9HxQb37XmcRAttfAKDPj++XcCEDf2aVuf0fGarLb6/KagCfcc6B > QI97yo71dlQfuX96KmyR1OI= > =5x9t > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer This link informs that you have to add backport.org to your sources.list. You may follow this article to install it.
I notice that when I run "apt-cache search flash plugin" I get some GPL plugins to firefox. Does someone know the difference between this and the nonfree? Cheers, Rafael
