[NTLUG:Discuss] Getting Flash to work

[Eric Waguespack]

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 11:45 PM, David Simmons <dave at dgnal.net> wrote:
>
>
> One of the big reasons that I like using Linux Mint
> (http://linuxmint.com/) is that it includes the Flash plugin so that when
> you go surfing to CNN.com's video section.....Hulu.com (to catch up on
> some shows), etc - I don't feel like a second rate citizen because my
> system works like any other....until something get's messed up and Flash
> stops working.
>
> One of the easiest ways to remedy this is to
> make sure that you're not running/have installed the
> 'flashplugin-nonfree'...but instead have running/installed the
> 'adobe-flashplugin'
>
> For this Debian based distro - that means
> starting up Synaptic...using the 'Quick Search' area with the word
> 'Flash'....and then chosing for installation / or Marking for Removal
> depending on what needs to happen.
>
> Hope that helps someone,
>
> dave


to install flash and the other morally questionable software in ubuntu
you can run this command:

$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

that is a virtual package that has these dependencies:

gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly, gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse,
msttcorefonts, flashplugin-nonfree, unrar, gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad,
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse, gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg,
libavcodec-unstripped-51, gstreamer0.10-pitfdll, libmp3lame0,
libdvdread3, sun-java6-plugin