Flash And Java

OK, this’ll be another of my infamous ‘cut and paste’ jobs from my notes! It is again based on a Debian unstable install, so it’ll be all apt-get or aptitude stuff:

Flash

Ensure that your /etc/apt/sources.list file contains the contrib keyword e.g.

 deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib 

• and that you have issued an

aptitude update

.

To install flash:

aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree

..erm, that simple enough?!

Java

You might also wish to refer to the /MozillaFirefoxJava page.

 1. aptitude install fakeroot java-package download the Java 1.5.0 runtime from: {{{  http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp -- patch if required download a patch to java-package for the above runtime from:  http://serios.net/files/patch-java-package_0.14.tar.gz  (required for version .14 of java-package, may not be needed for later versions extract the patch change to the patch directory

$ su – > ./patch-java-package.sh — end

create the .deb file

$ fakeroot make-jpkg jre-1_5_0-linux-i58x.bin install the Debian specific customizations:

1. aptitude install java-common sun-j2re1.5debian

install the new Debian package:

1. dpkg -i sun-j2re1.5_1.5.0_i386.deb

}}}

The new browser plugin should work without a restart (well it did for me!) here is a good reference if you have problems (I used it myself for this): http://serios.net/content/debian/java.php

A little more involved, but pretty straightforward.

I’ll see if I can improve things for this Wiki page a bit later. – PaulTansom