Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to add non-free and contrib. Find a line that says something like this:
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main (actually, any big debian mirror will work) and change it so it goes like this: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free Basically, you're adding non-free and contrib to your sources. Then just "apt-get update" "apt-get install shockwave". Now that I think about it, I think shockwave is in the contrib section because it doesn't have the binary in it. The only way that this will not work is if I pulled it from a different source, because I have a very eclectic list of sources that I got from a friend. "Dale L . Morris" wrote: > I don't know where the non-free package list is, if I go to > debian/packages it doesn't list a non-free grouping. I have seen it > before, but don't know where it's at.. > I apologize for this duh.. type question, but it's a duh.. kind of > day. > thanks > > On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 11:45:29AM -0700 50, Michael Smith <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There's an install script in nonfree. It tells you to go to an url and > > download the > > plugin. Then tell the config script where the file is downloaded and it > > installs. > > > > "Dale L . Morris" wrote: > > > > > Is there a debian package for the shockwave plugin? If not, how's the > > > best way to install it on my system? > > > I've had a little success using alien -i [package name.rpm] to install > > > rpm packages but using the same for tar.gz packages doesn't seem to > > > work. I'll be reading the manual for alien, but in the meantime, is > > > there an easy, sound way to install the shockwave plugin? Or just > > > download it to /usr/local unzip and untar and ./configure/make/make > > > install? > > > thanks > > > > > > "Make voyages, attempt them, there's nothing else." > > > > > > > > > -- > > "Make voyages, attempt them, there's nothing else." > --Tennessee Williams
