How to install Adobe Flash player on Debian Lenny

October 14, 2009
The free flash player that comes packaged with Debian Lenny is not quite as good as the Adobe Flash Player. If you'd like to learn how to install the Adobe Flash Player on a Debian Lenny system, then read on. It's easy.

Enable backports by adding the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file

  1. deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free

Import the key from the backports.org archive

  1. apt-get install debian-backports-keyring

Run apt-get update

  1. apt-get update

Install the Adobe Flash Player with one of the following commands depending on whether you like to use apt or aptitude

  1. apt-get -t lenny-backports install flashplugin-nonfree

  1. aptitude -t lenny-backports install flashplugin-nonfree

Restart your web browser and then test your Adobe Flash installation by watching a a flash movie. You should notice that the Adobe Flash Player has been installed on your Debian Linux system.

 

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