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reggie at busicast.com wrote:
> I thought I might try uninstalling/reinstalling swfdec, but this was
> complicated by the fact that I'd earlier tried to install Galeon (one
> paged I'd Googled seemed to suggest Galeon might work better than
> Firefox...). Using Synaptic, the install failed. Synaptic failed to
> remove Galeon also. While this was in failure mode, couldn't
> add/remove anything, so I clicked the Synaptic box that left Galeon
> where it was. Trouble is, when I tried to now use Synaptic to
> uninstall swfdec, it again failed, complaining of the problems with
> Galeon (which seemed to be prompted only because Synaptic couldn't
> find Galeon files to remove?)
>
Galeon development stopped several years ago afaik. The closest
successor is the Epiphany web browser.
Once you figure out how to remove swfdec, install flashplugin-installer.
This is the name of the package in 9.04 that downloads and installs the
proprietary Adobe flash plugin.
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All the best,
Brian Pitts