How to install swf player in ubuntu 7.10

benny@b3nY:~$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
[sudo] password for benny:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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E: Couldn't find package flashplugin-nonfree
benny@b3nY:~$ sudo apt-get purge adobe-flashplugin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package adobe-flashplugin
benny@b3nY:~$ sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin
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Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package adobe-flashplugin
benny@b3nY:~$

what purge word mean in benny@b3nY:~$ sudo apt-get purge adobe-flashplugin?

purge means remove config outside of /home/$USER

try:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get --purge remove flashplugin-nonfree; sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

benny@b3nY:~$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get --purge remove flashplugin-nonfree; sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg [189B]
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Reading package lists... Done
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E: Couldn't find package flashplugin-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package flashplugin-nonfree

You really need to not log the same question twice

I will restart
may be it work, i go paste here for note while restart
benny@b3nY:~$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
[sudo] password for benny:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting adobe-flashplugin instead of flashplugin-nonfree
adobe-flashplugin is already the newest version.
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  adobe-flashplugin: Depends: libcurl3 but it is not going to be installed
                     Depends: libnss3-1d but it is not going to be installed
                     Depends: libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.20.5) but 1.20.1-1 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
benny@b3nY:~$ sudo apt-get -f install flashplugin-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting adobe-flashplugin instead of flashplugin-nonfree
adobe-flashplugin is already the newest version.
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  adobe-flashplugin: Depends: libcurl3 but it is not going to be installed
                     Depends: libnss3-1d but it is not going to be installed
                     Depends: libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.20.5) but 1.20.1-1 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
benny@b3nY:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libcurl3 libldap-2.4-2 libnss3-1d
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libcurl3 libgnutls13 libkrb53 libldap-2.4-2 libnss3-1d libopencdk10 libssl0.9.8
Suggested packages:
  gnutls-bin krb5-doc krb5-user
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  adobe-flashplugin
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libcurl3 libldap-2.4-2 libnss3-1d libopencdk10
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libgnutls13 libkrb53 libssl0.9.8
3 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 1 to remove and 803 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
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Is it possible to play swf files under ubuntu 7.10?
If can not, this one what different with 8.04 hard no install swf player like 123 as non-free componet
what 7.10 has but not for 8.04 icon log off?

Yes I do reinstall twice for this red cd in this month and first that was received on 2007, I lost my totally data inside 80GB
In the name of zero, this stuff pretty nice to leave olala. missing... can not remove with broken files :-)

7.10 is no longer being supported. You should upgrade your system to 8.04+ for the system to work properly.

I agree with Shang Wu: you should upgrade your version.
I use Swfdec on Ubuntu 8.10, and it works perfectly. Go to system-->administration-->synaptic package manager. There search for "swfdec" and install it. The program can be accessed from applications-->sound and video. You can also make .swf giles to be always opened with swfdec by right-clicking one of them, choosing properties, and then adding Swfdec in the "open with" tab.
Hope you find this useful...

VLC and mplayer play .swf out of the box. No need for an extra app.