[Novices] Ubuntu/ installing Flash player

[Brock Inglehart]

On Friday 24 February 2006 11:23 am, Mark Jones wrote:
> Brock,
>   First, did you get my post about where to find Term? 

Yes I did
>   If not, look in 
> the upper menu Applications/Accessories/Terminal.  See the post on how
> to add this as a shortcut.
And I did that also.

>   Second, one of the help systems in Ubuntu is accessed by the lifering
> (as the red and white thing thrown from boats) icon on the top panel.
> It should be the last icon in the top panel.  The problem with icons is
> they they are not truly universal but maybe we'll get there someday.
I tried help early on but got no "help" there.

Actually, it is now academic.  I was running Ubuntu from the run disc.  
Evolution didn't work so I was using Web mail.  Then Firefox crashed so I had 
no way to communicate.  Shut it down.  Not very encouraging.  Story over.....

Brock
>
> Lastly, here is a transcript of my installation of flashplayer 7,
> mistakes and all.  Hope this helps
>
> majones at charm:~$ ls
> alexandria                           install_flash_player_7_linux
> AllSeasContactInfo                   install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz
> AllseasInternationalBusRegistration  QuickBooksRebate
> Desktop                              Torrents
> firefox-1.5.tar.gz                   ubuntu-5.10-install-i386.iso
>
> majones at charm:~$ cd ./flashplayer-installer
> bash: cd: ./flashplayer-installer: No such file or directory
>
> majones at charm:~$ install_flash_player_7_linux
> bash: install_flash_player_7_linux: command not found
>
> majones at charm:~$ cd install_flash_7_linux
> bash: cd: install_flash_7_linux: No such file or directory
>
> majones at charm:~$ cd install_flash_player_7_linux
>
> majones at charm:~/install_flash_player_7_linux$ ls
> flashplayer-installer  libflashplayer.so  Readme.txt
> flashplayer.xpt        Readme.htm
>
> majones at charm:~/install_flash_player_7_linux$ sudo flashplayer-installer
> Password:
> sudo: flashplayer-installer: command not found
>
> majones at charm:~/install_flash_player_7_linux$
> sudo ./flashplayer-installer
>
> Copyright(C) 2002-2003 Macromedia, Inc.  All rights reserved.
>
> Macromedia Flash Player 7 for Linux
>
> Macromedia Flash Player 7 will be installed on this machine.
>
> You are running the Macromedia Flash Player installer as the "root"
> user.
> Macromedia Flash Player 7 will be installed system-wide.
>
> Support is available at http://www.macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/
>
> To install Macromedia Flash Player 7 now, press ENTER.
>
> To cancel the installation at any time, press Control-C.
>
>
>
> NOTE: Macromedia Flash Player requires two font packages
>       to be installed, gsfonts and gsfonts-x11.
>
> Press ENTER to continue...
>
>
>
> NOTE: Please exit any browsers you may have running.
>
> Press ENTER to continue...
>
>
>
> Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, Netscape,
> or Opera browser (i.e., /usr/lib/mozilla):
>
> WARNING: Please enter a valid installation path.
>
> Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, Netscape,
> or Opera browser (i.e., /usr/lib/mozilla): /usr/lib/firefox
>
> WARNING: An older version of the Macromedia Flash Player has been
> detected in
>          /usr/lib/firefox/plugins.
>          The installer will overwrite this existing binary.
>
>
>
> ----------- Install Action Summary -----------
>
> Macromedia Flash Player 7 will be installed in the following directory:
>
> Browser installation directory = /usr/lib/firefox
>
> Proceed with the installation? (y/n/q): y
>
> Installation complete.
>
>
> Perform another installation? (y/n): n
>
>
> Please log out of this session and log in for the changes to take
> effect.
>
>
> The Macromedia Flash Player installation is complete.
>
> majones at charm:~/install_flash_player_7_linux$
>
>
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