[EN] How to install flashplugin-nonfree

[elzorro]

Hi,
     I need flash, but even enabling nonfree
apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree  says no package, do we have to enable sid repos I wonder.
regardz
 El Zorro

[ayla]

flashplugin-nonfree:
  Installiert: 1:2.8.3
  Kandidat:    1:2.8.3
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 1:2.8.3 0
        500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable/contrib amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

so you have to enable "contrib" too

greets
ayla

[elzorro]

Hi,

I should have mentioned I am running the 32 bit version.

  enabling briefly

deb http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
fixed the flashplugin-nonfree issue,
but I guess

deb http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
should work as well.

However sid seems a bit more developed than unstable, as sid  VLC installed OK but unstable VLC gave broken packages.
So fixing it all will be quite difficult in unstable perhaps, though I am no expert.

Regardz
El Zorro

[ralul]

sid is an alias of unstable
Perhaps in case of vlc it was an temporary accident of Debian unstable refreshing their repos?

@elzorro, or do you have any preferences set in
/etc/apt/preferences
/etc/apt/preferences.d/*

[edit] was mentioned in some fresher thread elzorro should look at sources.list and preferences ....

[elzorro]

Thanks Folks,
            Siduction is not a bad effort put out just before Weinachten, and you are much more kind and tolerant to users.
Sure is not unusual for sid and unstable to be a bit out of sync especially at this time of year.
Happy Christmas and good luck for the new year especially with siduction.
Regardz
El Zorro

sid is an alias of unstable
Perhaps in case of vlc it was an temporary accident of Debian unstable refreshing their repos?

@elzorro, or do you have any preferences set in
/etc/apt/preferences

/etc/apt/preferences.d/*

No ralul, have not touched these, I only edited /etc/apt/sources.
Guess the repos that are not blocked in
/var/lib/apt/lists
are active, and give dual entries if one adds them to /etc/apt/ sources
Cheers
El Zorro

[edit] was mentioned in some fresher thread elzorro should look at sources.list and preferences ....