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= FAQ: Flash doesn't work with flashplugin-nonfree = == FAQ: Flash doesn't work with flashplugin-nonfree ==

This 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".

Distribution license of the Flash plugin

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 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.

Flash Player 7 for "stable/sarge"

Version 7.0.25-5 in "stable/sarge" is broken. The solution is to use the backport at [http://www.backports.org/ www.backports.org].

Add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list :

deb http://www.backports.org/debian sarge-backports main contrib

Then run this as root:

apt-get update
apt-get -t sarge-backports install flashplugin-nonfree

Flash Player 7 for "testing/etch"

Make sure that "contrib" is in your /etc/apt/sources.list and run this as root:

apt-get update
apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

Flash Player 9 beta for "unstable/sid"

Make sure that "contrib" is in your /etc/apt/sources.list and run this as root:

apt-get update
apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

FAQ: Flash doesn't work with flashplugin-nonfree

It is possible that the Debian package "flashplugin-nonfree" is successfully installed but that this Debian package fails to install the Flash plugin itself. This can be caused by various reasons, like a temporary network problem, a change on the Adobe download site, a newer Flash plugin released at Adobe... This behavior, successfully installing the Debian package and not the plugin itself, may seem confusing, but it is intentional to not break "noninteractive" installation procedures.

Use this command to set your debconf interface to "Dialog". The debconf priorities "high" and "medium" are OK.

dpkg-reconfigure debconf

Then use this command to retry installing the Flash plugin itself, by using the installed Debian package "flashplugin-nonfree".

dpkg-reconfigure flashplugin-nonfree

The shown debconf panels should be self-explanatory. :)

If the Flash plugin itself is still not installed, then you should see messages appear briefly explaining what went wrong.

For example, this message means that there is a temporary network problem, or, that the .tar.gz file is no longer available at the Adobe download site. The latter requires that the Debian package is updated, and you are welcome to report this in the Debian bug tracking system.

download failed
The Flash plugin is NOT installed.

For example, this message could indicate a "man in the middle" attack, or that Adobe has modified the .tar.gz file at the Adobe download site. The latter requires that the Debian package is updated, and you are welcome to report this in the Debian bug tracking system.

md5sum mismatch FP9_plugin_beta_112006.tar.gz
The Flash plugin is NOT installed.