[SOLVED]cannot find command update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree

windowgazer111 · 2016-03-10 05:18:56

I just went through the steps given in HoaS's post about pepperflash here.

However, when I try
$ sudo update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree --install
I get this error message:
bash: update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree: command not found

I tried to find this command using locate and which, but neither one can find this command.

After restarting Iceweasel and going to a site which uses adobe flash, Iceweasel tries to open a flash video using pepperflash, but gives an error "Failed to load libpepflashplayer.so"

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Last edited by damo (2016-03-12 11:11:12)

damo · 2016-03-10 05:38:03

In a terminal try

which update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree

It should be in in `/usr/sbin/`

What is the outut of

apt-cache policy browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash

johnraff · 2016-03-10 09:51:59

You also need pepperflashplugin-nonfree.
Try

sudo apt-get install pepperflashplugin-nonfree

windowgazer111 · 2016-03-11 05:29:20

I get no output from:

which update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree

/usr/sbin does have update-flashplugin-nonfree, but not update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree

Output of

apt-cache policy browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash

showed 0 installed.

I saw johnraff's reply about needing to install the following, so I did:

apt-get install browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash

now, the output of

apt-cache policy browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash

is

browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash:
  Installed: 0.3.4-1~bpo8+1
  Candidate: 0.3.4-1~bpo8+1
  Version table:
 *** 0.3.4-1~bpo8+1 0
        100 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie-backports/contrib amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I did also try to directly install the pepperflashplugin-nonfree:

sudo apt-get install pepperflashplugin-nonfree

but got this:

Package pepperflashplugin-nonfree is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source.

E: Package 'pepperflashplugin-nonfree' has no installation candidates

FYI, my /etc/apt/sources.list is:

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8 _Jessie_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20150909-03:19]/ jessie contrib main non-free

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8 _Jessie_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20150909-03:19]/ jessie contrib main non-free

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main
#deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main

deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free

# jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free

#deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main contrib non-free

http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ and other sites still give me the "failed to load libpepflashplayer.so" error.

What next?

damo · 2016-03-11 05:45:10

^ You only have jessie main source. You need to add contrib and non-free (the pepperflash plugin is in contrib)

See https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=1526 for a default sources.list.

windowgazer111 · 2016-03-12 02:02:43

@damo thanks for noticing my missing sources. I went through the Bunsen Repo page and got things straightened out. Pepperflash is now working well.

Thanks all.

damo · 2016-03-12 11:12:01

^ Good one

I've edited your first post and added [SOLVED] to the title

#1 2016-03-10 05:18:56

[SOLVED]cannot find command update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree

#2 2016-03-10 05:38:03

Re: [SOLVED]cannot find command update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree

#3 2016-03-10 09:51:59

Re: [SOLVED]cannot find command update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree

#4 2016-03-11 05:29:20

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#5 2016-03-11 05:45:10

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#6 2016-03-12 02:02:43

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#7 2016-03-12 11:12:01

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