Originally Posted by
wanitto
I am trying to install the divx codec, and this is what the readme says: run "./install.sh" as root.
I am an absolute beginner. please help.
As you are an absolute beginner, I guess that you are trying to do things a lot more complicated than they really are.
To get the divx codec (and a lot of other codecs that are not installed by default), just install the package "libavcodec-extra-52".
Open up synaptic (System-->Administration-->synaptic package manager) and search for it. Or install it from the terminal with this simple command:
Code:
sudo apt-get install libavcodec-extra-52
There are a bunch of packages (codecs, adobe flash, support for .rar archives, java plugin for firefox etc.) that most people want but that are not installed by default due to their licences, which can be installed by installing the package "ubuntu-restricted-extras".
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