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You should be able to install from Backports:
$ apt-get -t "etch-backports" install flashplugin-nonfree
If this fails, then leave it installed and manually download from Adobe:
Then extract contents and copy "libflashplayer.so" into "/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/". The failed install should have created all the necessary symlinks.