[Novices] Ubuntu/ installing Flash player

[Mark Jones]

On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 13:15 -0800, Brock Inglehart wrote:
> I got the flash player tar gz. thing downloaded on my desktop. 
> According to the instructions:
> "Unpack the file.  A directory called install_flash_player_7_ linux
> will be created."  Yup.  I got the window with that in it.
> 
> Then it says :"Navigate to this directory and from the command line
> type ./flashplayer-installer to run the installer (Note: this can only
> be run from the command line).  The installer will instruct you to
> shut down your browser."
> 
> OK, How do I do this last part?  Where is the command line in gnome

>From the menu: Applications/Accessories/Terminal
Since terminal gets used a lot.  I've added it to the top panel.  RIGHT
click on terminal in the menu and then click on "Add launcher to
panel". 

>  and do I just go there and put in my password to switch users and
> type in the command?
Unless you have specifically enabled root, Ubuntu is setup to use sudo.
So, instead of doing a su, password, enter, commands at prompt.  You
need to add sudo before the command for example:

Suse way
$ su
 password:xxxxxx
$ ifdown eth0
blah
$

Ubuntu way
$ sudo ifdown eth0
password:xxxxxx
blah
$

Not an awful lot different.  Ubuntu prefers the latter because most new
users do not use secure password.  A root account without secure
password is very vulnerable.  With Ubuntu's way, the hacker doesn't know
the username to try to hack (or, at least, has to find that out also).
> 
> 
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