[Novices] Ubuntu/ installing Flash player

[Lunitix]

Are you using Gnome or KDE as your desktop environment?  If Gnome then 
follow the instructions Mark sent.  If your using KDE then the program 
you want is known as "Konsole".  This is what KDE uses to access the 
command line

For future reference - We need to know the desktop environment the 
person is using so as to be able to lead them where to find the program 
they are looking for in their desktop GUI.

Minding of Madness
Jon

Mark Jones wrote:
> Brock,
>   First, did you get my post about where to find Term?  If not, look in
> the upper menu Applications/Accessories/Terminal.  See the post on how
> to add this as a shortcut.
>   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.
> 
> 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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