Installing Adbobe Flash Player and Adbobe Reader

[josephmo]

I installed Ubuntu 8.1 64 bit. I am new to Linux. I tried installing the Adobe Reader, but when I clicked on download, Ubuntu suggested opening it up using the Archive Manager, but then I got a message telling me that the HELPER Application associated with AdobeReader_enu-8.1.3-1.i486.rpm cannot be found. If I save the file, and double click on it, I get a message about not being able to open archive files. Sorry about the newbie question.

[Pumalite]

RPM's are not for Ubuntu. Ubuntu uses deb. Download the tar.gz.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=853971&highlight=flash+v10
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4928900
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=856813

[Fatfool]

RPM's are not for Ubuntu. Ubuntu uses deb. Download the tar.gz.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=853971&highlight=flash+v10
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4928900
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=856813
no need to download the tarball.

adobe provides the .deb for reader and flash. :) sure makes things simpler.....

(reader is still version 8+ for linux though)


edit: whoops. its the 64 bit version. nvm then. the .deb won't work.

[Sef]

For installing Adobe flash, read this tutorial (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=772490).