Install Adobe Flash in Debian Etch/Lenny/Sid

For the 64 arch

Download http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.42.34.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
gunzip-untar in lets say your home (close iceweasel)

  mkdir /usr/lib/flash
  cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/flash
  cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
  ln -s /usr/lib/flash/libflashplayer.so

• start iceweasel there flash working
• we create the “flash” directory in case theres another release of flash i just copy the new one there

1

If you run Etch  use backport.org

Edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file using the following command

nano /etc/apt/sources.list

• add the following line

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

• save and exit the file.

• Update the source list using the following command

apt-get update

• All backports are deactivated by default.
• If you want to install something from backports run:

apt-get -t etch-backports install “packagename”

If you are using etch and you want apt to verify the downloaded backports you can import backports.org archive’s key into apt:

apt-get install debian-backports-keyring

If you want to get your packages from backports upgraded automatically the following entry in /etc/apt/preferences should be sufficient:
Package: *

Pin: release a=etch-backports

Pin-Priority: 200
Once you have backports all set up do one of the following commands
apt-get update

apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

2
Using debian-multimedia.org repo
First you need to download the debian-multimedia-keyring package from here
Install using the following command

dpkg -i debian-multimedia-keyring_2008.10.16_all.deb

you need to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file using the following command

nano /etc/apt/sources.list

add the following lines which is suitable for you
For etch (stable) alpha, amd64, hppa, i386, ia64, powerpc and sparc packages
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main

or

deb ftp://ftp.debian-multimedia.org etch main

or

deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable main or

deb ftp://ftp.debian-multimedia.org stable main
For lenny (testing) alpha, amd64, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mipsel, powerpc and sparc packages
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main

or

deb ftp://ftp.debian-multimedia.org lenny main

or

deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main or

deb ftp://ftp.debian-multimedia.org testing main
For sid (unstable) alpha, amd64, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mipsel, powerpc and sparc packages.
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main or

deb ftp://ftp.debian-multimedia.org sid main
For experimental amd64, i386 and powerpc packages. transcode, k9copy and kplayer (Qt4 version) and mjpegtools packages.
The official Debian experimental repository isn’t needed.

deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org experimental main or

deb ftp://ftp.debian-multimedia.org experimental main
For source
deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main or

deb-src ftp://ftp.debian-multimedia.org sid main
Install flash player using the following command

apt-get install flashplayer-mozilla

Once you have flash installed you can check in Iceweasel by entering about:plugins in the address bar. It should show something like:
Shockwave Flash

File name: /usr/lib/flashplayer-mozilla/libflashplayer.so

Shockwave Flash 10.0.12.36