Firefox

[BSW]

I have just successfully installed Kubuntu 9.1 on my laptop. brilliant!

Now, how do I install Firefox??

Cheers

BW

[Telengard]

Re: Firefox

K-menu -> Internet -> Firefox Installer

Or something like that. If it you can't find it there, then other ways exist. You can simply open your package manager, KPackageKit or whatever you like, and search for firefox by name. Or you can do it even more easily from the command line.

Alt+F2 -> konsole

sudo apt-get install firefox

You will be prompted for your password. Respond with the same password you use to login to Kubuntu.

[BSW]

Re: Firefox

Fantastic!
Worked perfectly. Thanks.
Next question? how do I install flash player?

Cheers

BW

[Telengard]

Re: Firefox

I usually just install the package kubuntu-restricted-extras because I also want all the binary codecs not included in the default install. There are many other ways though.

Please read the following pages for more help installing software:

• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware
• http://kubuntuguide.org/Karmic

Since you seem to be new to Kubuntu, IMHO it would also help you greatly to read the following articles in their entirety. Be sure to check the pages linked from those articles as well:

• http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3104843.0
• http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...8407#msg208407

[SchizmWolf]

Re: Firefox

There's a couple different ways to install Flash. If you go onto the flashplayer website, it'll detect your OS as Linux and allow you to choose from tar.bz2, .deb, and YUM files. Use the .deb package, and double-click when after you've downloaded to install it. Otherwise you can use:

sudo apt-get install flashplayer-nonfree

That'll get you the right package. If you find that you have no sound after installing the debian package, which was my problem, first check that your master volume isn't muted in the sound mixer, and if that doesn't resolve it use the code above to get the nonfree, which solves the compatability issue.
Good luck!

[Telengard]

Re: Firefox

There's a couple different ways to install Flash. If you go onto the flashplayer website, it'll detect your OS as Linux and allow you to choose from tar.bz2, .deb, and YUM files. Use the .deb package, and double-click when after you've downloaded to install it.

Yes, that is another way. It has worked for me in the past. Nowadays I try to stick to the repos whenever I can.

Otherwise you can use:

sudo apt-get install flashplayer-nonfree

That'll get you the right package. If you find that you have no sound after installing the debian package, which was my problem, first check that your master volume isn't muted in the sound mixer, and if that doesn't resolve it use the code above to get the nonfree, which solves the compatability issue.
Good luck!

That also works, but it only gives you flashplayer. As I explained above, I like getting all the binary codecs included in the restricted-extras package at the same time.

You might also consider forgetting the Adobe's proprietary player and use the free and open source program gnash instead. Last time I tried gnash it was not ready to serve my needs, but perhaps it has progressed a bit since then.

[Snowhog]

Re: Firefox

gnash resolved my problem with not being able to play my online crossword puzzle from our local paper.