Flash Player

How to install Flash Player in Debian Etch 64 bit with Iceweasel.

Introduction.

AdobeĀ® Flash Player does not support 64 bit Linux, so getting it to work, is a bit of a nightmare. But thanks to the folks at dipconsultants, it is now possible. Essentially, what those folks have done, is write a wrapper that allows the ordinary Linux version (32 bit), to work in a 64 bit environment.

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Adobe on amd64 without a chroot: Acrobat and Flash

I just began working seriously on installing desktop machines in 64 bits at work, and this gave me some insight into the 64 bits transition problems: biggest being commercial applications that work only in 32 bits.