[SOLVED] Debian Squeeze: How to install adobe flash player?

shivaa · 03-04-2013, 01:23 AM

Hello Friends,

I want to install adobe flash player in my Debian 6.0 (squeeze) system. I read a lot of threads on this, and tried to install it, but perhaps it hasn't installed properly.
When I open any video in youtube, it shows black screen but with sound.

Following is my /etc/apt/source.list file:

Code:

shiva@debian{/etc/apt}: cat sources.list 
# 

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 CD Binary-1 20120929-15:56]/ squeeze main

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 CD Binary-1 20120929-15:56]/ squeeze main

deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian squeeze main

# squeeze-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
# A network mirror was not selected during install.  The following entries
# are provided as examples, but you should amend them as appropriate
# for your mirror of choice.
#
# deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main
# deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main
deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free

deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main
# or
deb ftp://ftp.debian-multimedia.org etch main
# or
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable main or
deb ftp://ftp.debian-multimedia.org stable main

I then invoked:

Code:

shiva@debian{~} apt-get update

shiva@debian{~}: sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... 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

My purpose it to mvoe to Debian completely and to throw windows out of my life. So I'd appreciate any help to build my system up.

TIA

evo2 · 03-04-2013, 01:48 AM

Hi,

your sources.list is a bit of a mess. Anyway to get flashplugin-nonfree you probably need to add contrib and possibly non-free to the

Code:

deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian squeeze main

line.

Ie

Code:

deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib non-free

Don't forget to then run "apt-get update".

Evo2.

shivaa · 03-04-2013, 02:07 AM

Thanks for your reply. I added the non-free line to /etc/apt/sources.list file just below the following line:

Code:

deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian squeeze main

And then updated apt-get:

Code:

shiva@debian{~}: sudo apt-get update
Hit http://ftp.fr.debian.org squeeze Release.gpg
Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates Release.gpg                                     
Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main Translation-en                            
Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main Translation-en_IN                              
Ign http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/contrib Translation-en                                 
Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates Release                                                                         
Ign http://www.backports.org etch-backports Release.gpg                                                                        
Ign http://www.backports.org/debian/ etch-backports/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://www.backports.org/debian/ etch-backports/contrib Translation-en_IN
Ign http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/contrib Translation-en_IN
Ign http://www.backports.org/debian/ etch-backports/main Translation-en                         
Ign http://www.backports.org/debian/ etch-backports/main Translation-en_IN                      
Ign http://www.backports.org/debian/ etch-backports/non-free Translation-en                     
Ign http://www.backports.org/debian/ etch-backports/non-free Translation-en_IN                  
Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/main Sources                                                 
Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/main i386 Packages                                           
Ign http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main Translation-en                                      
Ign http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main Translation-en_IN       
Ign http://www.backports.org etch-backports Release                                                    
Ign http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/non-free Translation-en                                   
Ign http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/non-free Translation-en_IN                             
Hit http://ftp.fr.debian.org squeeze Release                                                        
Ign http://www.backports.org etch-backports/main i386 Packages            
Hit http://ftp.fr.debian.org squeeze/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ftp.fr.debian.org squeeze/contrib i386 Packages
Hit http://ftp.fr.debian.org squeeze/non-free i386 Packages                                            
Ign http://www.backports.org etch-backports/contrib i386 Packages                                      
Ign http://www.backports.org etch-backports/non-free i386 Packages
Err http://www.backports.org etch-backports/main i386 Packages
  404  Not Found [IP: 86.59.118.148 80]
Err http://www.backports.org etch-backports/contrib i386 Packages
  404  Not Found [IP: 86.59.118.148 80]
Err http://www.backports.org etch-backports/non-free i386 Packages
  404  Not Found [IP: 206.12.19.9 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://www.backports.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz  404  Not Found [IP: 86.59.118.148 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://www.backports.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz  404  Not Found [IP: 86.59.118.148 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://www.backports.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz  404  Not Found [IP: 206.12.19.9 80]

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

But getting some error in that (marked in red). Also now videos are not working anymore and asking me to install flash player.

So what I supposed to do after this?

Thanks again!

descendant_command · 03-04-2013, 02:16 AM

Remove all lines relating to etch.
It is obsolete and the repo has moved to archives.

The update and install flashplayer-nonfree

shivaa · 03-04-2013, 02:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by descendant_command

Remove all lines relating to etch.
It is obsolete and the repo has moved to archives.

The update and install flashplayer-nonfree

Removed lines that had etch, and updated database again. Though errors have gone, but still getting either black screen in youtube or it keep saying install flash player.
Any idea what to do now and how to install it?

evo2 · 03-04-2013, 02:51 AM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by shivaa

Removed lines that had etch, and updated database again.

So did you actually install the flashplayer-nonfree package? You can confirm with the following command:

Code:

dpkg -l flashplugin-nonfree

Quote:

Though errors have gone, but still getting either black screen in youtube or it keep saying install flash player.
Any idea what to do now and how to install it?

Did you enable flash in your browser? What browser are you using?

Evo2.

shivaa · 03-04-2013, 02:57 AM

When I run:

Code:

shiva@debian{~}: sudo apt-get update
shiva@debian{~}: sudo dpkg -l flashplugin-nonfree
No packages found matching flashplugin-nonfree.

I am using epiphony as well as Icaweasel both.

evo2 · 03-04-2013, 03:08 AM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by shivaa

When I run:

Code:

shiva@debian{~}: sudo apt-get update
shiva@debian{~}: sudo dpkg -l flashplugin-nonfree
No packages found matching flashplugin-nonfree.

Right... do you understand that that means you didn't install it yet?

Quote:

I am using epiphony as well as Icaweasel both.

Ok, that information may be useful once you actually install flash.

Evo2.

Randicus Draco Albus · 03-04-2013, 03:12 AM

It looks like flashplugin-nonfree is not installed. Did you install it after doing an apt-get update? It would not hurt to run

Code:

# apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

and see what happens.

Oops. I took too long to type my post. evo2 is too quick with the fingers.

shivaa · 03-04-2013, 05:14 AM

Perfect, it worked!
Thanks for your good time and efforts!

pabform · 10-03-2014, 06:02 AM

I can not install flashplayer message that gives me is this, I'm sorry but it's in Italian

I also put a list of sources, I can not understand that there is error, Thanks