Executing Files/programs

[stormshadow21]

I was trying to install flash player on my system and from time to time I have wondered how to execute extracted files through the terminal once i cd into the folder containing the file i want to execute and i just dont know where to go from there.

[mikewhatever]

To execute a file, type './file_name'. Note, it's not required to execute anything when installing Flash.

[cortman]

...And if the file gives a "permission denied" error instead of executing, you need to modify the file permissions-


chmod +x file_name

[stormshadow21]

To execute a file, type './file_name'. Note, it's not required to execute anything when installing Flash.
The how else do i install flash because i never seem to know how to do that either?

[lykwydchykyn]

I believe you can just install the "ubuntu-restricted-extras" package from the repositories. That should cover flash an a multitude of other a/v codecs

[oldos2er]

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/Flash#A64_bit_Ubuntu

Or Flash-Aid, a Firefox add-on (see my sig).