Package: flashplugin-nonfree Version: 1:2.5 Severity: normal Trying to investigate why this plugin was non-functionning on my box since months, I purged iceweasel and all plugins, and reinstalled just iceweasel, the fr l10n, and this package.
Install goes like: update-flashplugin-nonfree --install How to use predefined priorities to automatically select one implementation of "flash" between the multiple installed alternatives : update-alternatives --auto flash-mozilla.so How to manually select one implementation of "flash" between the multiple installed alternatives : update-alternatives --config flash-mozilla.so According to the script, it looks like it means the /etc/alternative symlink was not found. Maybe the message can be made more clear. But uninstall has even more problems: update-flashplugin-nonfree --uninstall Use of uninitialized value $linkname in string eq at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 486. After "update-alternatives --auto flash-mozilla.so", however, both install and uninstall seem to proceed smoothly. And then, at last, it is even working :) -- Package-specific info: Debian version: squeeze/sid Architecture: i386 Package version: 1:2.5 Adobe Flash Player version: LNX 10,0,22,87 MD5 checksums: 23e4c2b844db0f87ff62084178aa2b1f /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz 94104a4cd63041bd396e9997fb586e02 /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so Alternatives: flash-mozilla.so - status is manual. link currently absent /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so - priority 50 Current `best' version is /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so. ls: cannot access /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flash-mozilla.so: No such file or directory /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flash-mozilla.so: ERROR: cannot open `/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flash-mozilla.so' (No such file or directory) Libraries used by libflashplayer.so: linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7fd7000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb7437000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb741e000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb7300000) libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb72f2000) libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 (0xb72a2000) libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb722d000) libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xb7201000) libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb6e62000) libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb6dd7000) libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0xb6dbc000) libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0xb6da3000) libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0xb6d98000) libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0xb6d54000) libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2 (0xb6cdc000) libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0xb6c9f000) libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0xb6c9b000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb6c96000) libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xb6be0000) libnss3.so => /usr/lib/libnss3.so (0xb6af4000) libsmime3.so => /usr/lib/libsmime3.so (0xb6ad6000) libssl3.so => /usr/lib/libssl3.so (0xb6aaf000) libplds4.so => /usr/lib/libplds4.so (0xb6aac000) libplc4.so => /usr/lib/libplc4.so (0xb6aa8000) libnspr4.so => /usr/lib/libnspr4.so (0xb6a73000) libm.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb6a4d000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb6a40000) libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb68df000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000) libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0xb68c6000) libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb68c2000) libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0xb68ba000) libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0xb68a2000) libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb688d000) libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0xb6867000) libXcomposite.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1 (0xb6863000) libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1 (0xb6860000) libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0xb685b000) libgio-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0xb67f4000) libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0xb67cc000) libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0xb67c2000) libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0xb67bf000) libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 (0xb67b7000) libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0xb67b0000) libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0xb67a7000) libpixman-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so.0 (0xb6764000) libdirectfb-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libdirectfb-1.0.so.0 (0xb66fd000) libfusion-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libfusion-1.0.so.0 (0xb66f5000) libdirect-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libdirect-1.0.so.0 (0xb66e1000) libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0xb66bd000) libxcb-render-util.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-render-util.so.0 (0xb66b8000) libxcb-render.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-render.so.0 (0xb66b1000) libpcre.so.3 => /usr/lib/libpcre.so.3 (0xb6682000) libnssutil3.so.1d => /usr/lib/libnssutil3.so.1d (0xb666e000) libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb6668000) libuuid.so.1 => /lib/libuuid.so.1 (0xb6664000) libselinux.so.1 => /lib/libselinux.so.1 (0xb664b000) Packages containing libraries used by libflashplayer.so: -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.23.8-smp (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=french (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages flashplugin-nonfree depends on: ii debconf [debconf 1.5.26 Debian configuration management sy ii gnupg 1.4.9-4 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii libatk1.0-0 1.22.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libcairo2 1.8.6-2 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.18.2-8.1 Multi-protocol file transfer libra ii libfontconfig1 2.6.0-3 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.3.7-2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.3.3-3 GCC support library ii libglib2.0-0 2.18.4-2 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.14.7-4+b1 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libnspr4-0d 4.7.1-4 NetScape Portable Runtime Library ii libnss3-1d 3.12.2.with.ckbi.1.73-1 Network Security Service libraries ii libpango1.0-0 1.22.4-2 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libstdc++6 4.3.3-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libx11-6 2:1.2-1 X11 client-side library ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxt6 1:1.0.5-3 X11 toolkit intrinsics library ii wget 1.11.4-2 retrieves files from the web flashplugin-nonfree recommends no packages. Versions of packages flashplugin-nonfree suggests: pn flashplugin-nonfree-ext <none> (no description available) ii iceweasel 3.0.7-1 lightweight web browser based on M ii konqueror-nsplugins 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-6 Netscape plugin support for Konque ii ttf-dejavu 2.25-3 Metapackage to pull in ttf-dejavu- ii ttf-mscorefonts-install 3.0 Installer for Microsoft TrueType c ii ttf-xfree86-nonfree 4.2.1-3 non-free TrueType fonts from XFree ii x-ttcidfont-conf 32 TrueType and CID fonts configurati pn xfs <none> (no description available) -- debconf information: flashplugin-nonfree/httpget: false flashplugin-nonfree/not_exist: * flashplugin-nonfree/http_proxy: flashplugin-nonfree/local: * flashplugin-nonfree/delete: true flashplugin-nonfree/failed: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org