playing mp3 sudo dpkg

[jsweeny]

When I tried to play an mp3 form a website, it told me that there was a plug in missing. So when prompted I searched for the plug in. Then it found the plug in to use and to install. After telling to install, I get a message that it couldn't and I had to do sudo dpkg -a to fix problem. What does this mean. How do I listen to mp3 and watch videos on sites like youtube???

[spcwingo]

First, open a terminal and type the command it tells you to. For everything else, run this command:


sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

That will pull in Java, Flash, A/V codecs, MS Fonts, etc.

[oldos2er]

When I tried to play an mp3 form a website, it told me that there was a plug in missing. So when prompted I searched for the plug in. Then it found the plug in to use and to install. After telling to install, I get a message that it couldn't and I had to do sudo dpkg -a to fix problem. What does this mean. How do I listen to mp3 and watch videos on sites like youtube???

Did you run sudo dpkg --configure -a ? That command fixes packages that weren't installed properly the first time around. Run man dpkg for more info.