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Debian 4.0 (Etch) and Adobe Flash 10 simply do not play well together. In fact, I have not found anything saying it is actually supported. Flash is supported with Debian Lenny, but Lenny is the unstable version. See, that's what it is all about with Debian Etch. Etch is the stable version, so therefore, it uses all accepted "stable" versions of whatever is out there. Not to say you can't tap into the unstable repositories, but the whole idea behind the Etch flavor of Debian is to offer up a system that is completely stable.
Here's the skinny. You can install Flash 9.0 with relative ease - maybe a little copy/pasting or just typing, but it is fairly straightforward. Keep in mind, I have searched high and low to find a solution for Flash 10, but have not landed on one that actually works. I followed the instrucitons below - found here and here.
# install the debian-keyring securily:Then,
aptitude install debian-keyring
# fetch the backports.org key insecurily:
gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de --recv-keys 16BA136C
# check securily if the key is correct and add it the keyring used by apt if it is:
gpg --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/debian-keyring.gpg --check-sigs 16BA136C && gpg --export 16BA136C | apt-key add -
# add backports.org repo to /etc/apt/sources.list
echo "deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
# update the list of available packages:
aptitude update
add the following lines to /etc/apt/preferences (the file probably does not exist, so you might have to create it):
Package: flashplugin-nonfreeAnd finally,
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-priority: 999
aptitude install flashplugin-nonfreeAfter I completed the backports setup and then installed the plugin, my Opera browser immediately worked with http://youtube.com videos.
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