-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 12:30:52AM -0500, Mark Grieveson wrote: >> Hello. I'm having problems with the flashplugin-nonfree package. Both >> installing it, and trying to reconfigure it, fail. It attempts to download >> an older file that does not exist. I then downloaded the recent file from >> the adobe site, but the flashplugin-nonfree package did not recognize it. >> >> Here is a printout of the error I get when I try to reconfigure it: >> >> debian:/home/mark# dpkg-reconfigure flashplugin-nonfree >> Downloading... >> --00:17:57-- >> http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer9_update/FP9_plugin_beta_112006.tar.gz >> => `./FP9_plugin_beta_112006.tar.gz' >> Resolving download.macromedia.com... 72.246.35.191 >> Connecting to download.macromedia.com|72.246.35.191|:80... connected. >> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... >> 404 Not Found >> 00:19:58 ERROR 404: Not Found. >> >> download failed >> The Flash plugin is NOT installed. >> >> >> If anyone has any tips on how I can fix this, I would appreciate it. I did >> manage, on another computer at my work, to get flash installed with this >> package; so, why it won't work on my home computer is a mystery. I'm using >> Etch. >> > > as has already been mentioned, just grab the tarball and install it > yourself. > > But, you have reminded me... the release went final but the debian > package hasn't been updated so it 1) can't find the file for download > and 2) if you manually download it and rename it, it can't install > because the md5 sum doesn't match... I'm off to check the bug reports > and file one if needed. > > A
Why are you all making such a big deal of this? If you're using IceWeasel, all you have to do it hit any webpage that uses flash (http://distrowatch.com for example) and click on the install missing plugin icon. It will install Flash 9.0... at least it did for me. Joe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF0zYtiXBCVWpc5J4RAgwYAJ9xoE+HephnF5oBVwdNQWKLzwyERwCdFBLx hfQnez6XjxAYbMi+t9JNuCg= =lLQl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
