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There is package of flashplugin-nonfree available at backports.org that should work on Debian Stable, but when you start using packages from backports.org then you should first fully understand the difference between backports.org and Debian Stable. The package at backports.org supports i386, and can support amd64 if someone backports the amd64-specific dependencies. There is a package of flashplugin-nonfree available at backports.org that should work on Debian Stable, but when you start using packages from backports.org then you should first fully understand the difference between backports.org and Debian Stable. The package at backports.org supports i386, and can support amd64 if someone backports the amd64-specific dependencies.

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". You are advised to subscribe to this wiki page so that you receive updates via e-mail.

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.

Debian Stable (=Etch)

SECURITY: Users of flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.31.0.1 or older should remove /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so at once. See http://bugs.debian.org/432755 for details.

There is currently no package of flashplugin-nonfree for Debian Stable. See http://bugs.debian.org/432755 for details.

There is a package of flashplugin-nonfree available at backports.org that should work on Debian Stable, but when you start using packages from backports.org then you should first fully understand the difference between backports.org and Debian Stable. The package at backports.org supports i386, and can support amd64 if someone backports the amd64-specific dependencies.

Debian Testing (=Lenny)

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

apt-get update
apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

Supported browsers in Debian

  • Iceweasel
  • Galeon
  • Konqueror (via konqueror-nsplugins)
  • ... and more