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Flash > Adobe Flash Player
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.
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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 5.0 'Lenny' i386
Configure your system to use lenny-backports by adding this line to your sources.list
deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free
as described here: http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions . Be warned : The resulting system can't be considered plain "stable" anymore.
How to install flashplugin-nonfree :
aptitude update aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree
How to update flashplugin-nonfree :
aptitude update aptitude upgrade
How to update the Adobe Flash Player :
/usr/sbin/update-flashplugin-nonfree --install
Debian 5.0 'Lenny' amd64
Currently not supported by Adobe. See the announcement by Adobe and bug #586273.
However, there is a workaround:
- aptitude install fakeroot binutils nspluginwrapper ia32-libs
Download and run this script: http://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/ia32-libs-workaround-499043-lenny.sh
- dpkg -i ia32-libs-workaround-499043_0.0.1+lenny1_amd64.deb
Install this package: http://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/flashplugin-nonfree_10.1.82.76.1_amd64.deb
An entirely different approach is to install a browser and the 32 bit plugin in an i386 chroot as described in the AMD64 HOWTO.
Debian Testing 'Squeeze' i386
To do only once : Make sure your APT sources (/etc/apt/sources.list) allow flashplugin-nonfree from contrib to be installed.
How to install flashplugin-nonfree :
aptitude update aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree
How to update flashplugin-nonfree :
aptitude update aptitude upgrade
How to update the Adobe Flash Player :
update-flashplugin-nonfree --install
Debian Testing 'Squeeze' amd64
Currently not supported by Adobe. See the announcement by Adobe and bug #586273.
However, there is a workaround:
- aptitude install fakeroot binutils nspluginwrapper ia32-libs
Download and run this script: http://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/ia32-libs-workaround-499043-squeeze.sh
- dpkg -i ia32-libs-workaround-499043_0.0.1+squeeze1_amd64.deb
Install this package: http://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/flashplugin-nonfree_10.1.82.76.1_amd64.deb
note: If you get a checksum mismatch on step 4 then check this thread from the debian bugs distro |
Also, there is another workaround (very modified Bartm workaround):
sudo aptitude -y purge flashplugin-nonfree > /dev/null; sudo aptitude -y install fakeroot binutils nspluginwrapper ia32-libs; sudo wget http://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/ia32-libs-workaround-499043-squeeze.sh; sh ia32-libs-workaround-499043-squeeze.sh; sudo rm ia32-libs-workaround-499043-squeeze.sh; sudo dpkg -i ia32-libs-workaround-499043_0.0.1+squeeze1_amd64.deb; sudo rm "./ia32-libs-workaround-499043_0.0.1+squeeze1_amd64.deb"; sudo wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_10_linux.deb; sudo mkdir "/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin" 2> /dev/null; sudo rm -rf "/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree" 2> /dev/null; sudo rm "/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so" 2> /dev/null; sudo rm "/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/flashplayer.xpt" 2> /dev/null; sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture "./install_flash_player_10_linux.deb" > /dev/null; sudo rm "./install_flash_player_10_linux.deb"; sudo chown root:root "/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so"; sudo chmod 644 "/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so"; sudo nspluginwrapper --native --install /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so 2> /dev/null;
An entirely different approach is to install a browser and the 32 bit plugin in an i386 chroot as described in the AMD64 HOWTO.
Supported browsers in Debian
- Galeon
Opera >= 9.50 beta 1
- Konqueror
- ... and more
Troubleshooting
Error message wget failed to download .../fp10.sha512.amd64.pgp.asc : Adobe no longer supports the 64 bit player. However there is a workaround, see above.
Remember that if you need the Flash Player to work with pulse, you can ask libasound to do so in your ~/.asoundrc:
pcm.pulse { type pulse } ctl.pulse { type pulse } pcm.!default { type pulse } ctl.!default { type pulse }
To verify the Adobe Flash Player version number installed on your system, access the About Flash Player page, or right-click on content running in Flash Player and select "About Adobe (or Macromedia) Flash Player" from the menu. If you use multiple browsers, perform the check for each browser you have installed on your system. (Source: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.html)
- Opera doesn't use nspluginwrapper. It has its own mechanism for running 32-bit plugins in the 64-bit browser, so they will just work without having to install nspluginwrapper.
External Links
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/ - Adobe Flash Player homepage.
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html - Adobe Flash Player 10 homepage.
flashplugin-nonfree - flashplugin-nonfree at Debian Packages
flashplugin-nonfree - flashplugin-nonfree at the Debian Package Tracking System
src:flashplugin-nonfree - Bugs in source package flashplugin-nonfree