UPDATE-FLASHPLUGIN-NONFREE
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: August 15, 2007
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NAME
update-flashplugin-nonfree - program to get the newest Adobe Flash Player
SYNOPSIS
update-flashplugin-nonfree
--install
update-flashplugin-nonfree
--uninstall
DESCRIPTION
The program
update-flashplugin-nonfree
takes care of
downloading last minute information from Debian about suitable versions,
removing the installed Adobe Flash Plugin if it has been reported as insecure,
or, if a newer suitable version is available,
downloading a newer Adobe Flash Player and its installer from the Adobe download site,
run the downloaded installer to install the Adobe Flash Player on the local system,
and then move the installed files to where they fit on a Debian system.
A copy of the downloaded .tar.gz is saved in /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree for later reuse.
The program
update-flashplugin-nonfree
is used in the
postinst
and
prerm
scripts of the Debian package,
but this program can also be run manually by root.
OPTIONS
- --install
-
To install, update or remove the Adobe Flash Player
depending on downloaded last minute information from Debian about suitable versions.
- --uninstall
-
To remove the Adobe Flash Player.
- --verbose
-
Produce detailed information about what's happening.
- --quiet
-
Produce no informational output.
SEE ALSO
- http://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer
-
If you subscribe to this wiki page, then you will receive updates via e-mail.
- http://www.adobe.com/
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The Adobe homepage.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- SEE ALSO
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