how do I install adobe Flash player

[jazzlukejosh]

Can any one help?
I've been following this tutorial on how to install Adobe flash player but as usual, they talk like you already know what your doing, unfortunatel I don't. This is what they have said to do so far:

First you need to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list [COLOR=#3333FF ! important][COLOR=#3333FF ! important]file[/COLOR][/COLOR] 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

Done that

save and exit the file. Update the source list using the following command:
#apt-get update

Done that

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


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


I tried to this and got this message:

Couldn't find package “packagename”

I'm assuming I should write the name of the package I want to install inbetween the quote marks

How do I find out what the name of the packakage I want to install is??

If there an esier way to install Adobe flash player, I'd love to hear it??

[mickie.kext]

Umm... I don't think there is Flash Player for PowerPC. You can try Gnash of SWFdec, I think that both are in Software center. It emulate Flash 8 so it might not work for all sites, but is better than nothing.

[linuxopjemac]

http://mac.linux.be/content/watching...and-lack-flash

[migel_wimtore]

I'v had allot of trouble getting flash videos to work on my ppc g4 ibook. Youtube isnt a problem, simply install the firefox add-on greasemonkey and run this script:

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/50771

Thanks to Megaloler for that link.
Oh, and i needed to have vlc installed before greasemonkey would handle youtube.
As for other flash videos, mplayer sometimes steps in and streams for me, but usually i have to use a flash video downloader through firefox and watch them in vlc from my desktop.

Would love to know i there is a more comprehensive solution for handling online flash videos.

Edit: Ps: there is no adobe flash player for powerpc linux, hence all the work arounds. Good luck.