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checking for BASE_DEPENDENCIES... configure: error: The pkg-config script could not be found or is too old. Make sure it
is in your PATH or set the PKG_CONFIG environment variable to the full
path to pkg-config.
So I have downloaded the pkg-config but haven't a clue about how to install.
Debian doesn't use Firefox, Iceweasel replaces it. Even worse, I suspect you're trying to install programs in Etch from outside repositories. You need to learn a few basics about Debian before you waste your time and ours trying to change it.
The reason I am tring to install firefox is because Iceweasel says it needs the flash plugin installed, I have downloaded the plugin but not sure how to put it into iceweasel?
Again, you shouldn't be trying to compile Firefox, there are binary packages ready to use.
Better use iceweasel and install the flashplugin-nonfree package, it will install flash for you. I think this package is in the multimedia repository. By installing Firefox you'd still need the flash plugin.
I opened Iceweasel, went to a page that requires flash and it popped up asking if I wanted to install the adobe flash plugin. I clicked yes, it downloaded the plugin and installed it and informed me that I must restart the browser.
So I closed all browsers and reopened it. Went to a page that required flash and the same thing happened again.
Please read and whatever you don't understand ask.
berarma wrote:Better use iceweasel and install the flashplugin-nonfree package, it will install flash for you. I think this package is in the multimedia repository. By installing Firefox you'd still need the flash plugin.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package flashplugin-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 flashplugin-nonfree has no installation candidate
flashplugin-nonfree was removed from the official etch repositories and the package you now have to install to get flash working with iceweasel is flashplayer-mozilla which is available from the multimeda repositories. The site offers detailed information on how to add the repositories and then install packages stored there.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package flashplugin-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 flashplugin-nonfree has no installation candidate
Not sure what it means.
Thanks
You need to have Debian-Multimedia repo in your /etc/apt/sources.list. Add this to your sources.list:
And also thank you izar for pointing me in the right direction.
rickh - I hope that if you are ever new to something and you go to a forum for help that people are a little more helpful towards you, than you have been to me.
You are over complicating things. You might not have access to non-free resourses. For that you will need to edit your sources.list file to include non-free and contrib.
# Typical file to track testing while keeping eye on unstable