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in a quick scan, did not see this guide posted .. handiest thing there is for installing a LOT of things including Java:
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Gutsy
There soon will be one for Hardy for those using same .. they have a guide for many versions other than the one linked above.
Sharpen up those cut and paste skills and learn to use dual windows!!
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OK, thanks, but Java is definitely installed now. I don't think that's the problem. I'm now getting a "failed to start in a reasonable time" message.Originally Posted by oldsoundguy
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I THINK I KNOW THE PROBLEM.
Only I don't know how to fix it. On the Firefox help site someone pointed out that I have two flash files installed and I need to delete the older one. Problem is, I don't know how.
Cannot move "/usr/lib/fir...ashplayer.so" to the trash because you do not have permissions to change it or its parent folder.
I assume I can do it in a terminal only I don't know the commands.
Chocolate-Covered Ubuntu Beans
Which two flash players do you have installed? And the reason you can't just delete the files from nautilus is that they are system files (ie owned by root), and only the onwer of a file (or the directory enclosing it) can delete a file. If you want to run nautilus with elevated privilages, you can by opening the run dialog (alt+f2) with the command gksudo nautilus. Gksudo is Gtk super user do. Or from the terminal you can cd /to/the/path/to/flash/ and then delete it with:
Code:sudo rm filename
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Feel free to PM or IM me if you have any other questions, I'm here to help
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I have:
Shockwave Flash 9.0 r124
Shockwave Flash 9.0 r48
Which are in two different places. I'd never have known they were both there except that the Firefox form automatically pulls that information when you post, which is very handy.
ETA:
"rm: cannot remove `libflashplayer.so': No such file or directory"
Do I have to put in the whole path?
ETA:
rm: cannot remove `/usr/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so': No such file or directory
ETA: More confused than ever now.
The flashplayer file is gone, even though I kept getting the message that it could not be removed. How could that happen? And I'm still having the exact same problem - the file being gone didn't solve anything.
Last edited by Crossbow; April 24th, 2008 at 08:36 PM.
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Plug-ins:
Shockwave Flash
File name: /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
Shockwave Flash 9.0 r124
Totem Web Browser Plugin 2.20.0
File name: /usr/lib/totem/libtotem-basic-plugin.so
The Totem 2.20.0 plugin handles video and audio streams.
Windows Media Player Plug-in 10 (compatible; Totem)
File name: /usr/lib/totem/libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
The Totem 2.20.0 plugin handles video and audio streams.
DivX® Web Player
File name: /usr/lib/totem/libtotem-mully-plugin.so
The Totem 2.20.0 plugin handles video and audio streams.
QuickTime Plug-in 7.2.0
File name: /usr/lib/totem/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
The Totem 2.20.0 plugin handles video and audio streams.
GCJ Web Browser Plugin 0.92
File name: /usr/lib/classpath/libgcjwebplugin.so
The GCJ Web Browser Plugin executes Java applets.
Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_03-b05
File name: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.03/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_03
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Still not working. I've asked on another Ubuntu forum and a Firefox forum. People seem to agree it's a Java problem, but the Java applet tests work fine.
Frothy Coffee!
I am having same No-Joy issues with Java and Firefox, in this case, 3.
Java installed fine. When I do an aboutlugins tho, I get the following which is mighty thin for reported plugins. I followed a Multimedia How-To to a T and everything else seemed to play nice, except for FF3. Sigh... still, ya have to love Ubuntu. I do not mind this stuff at all. An adventure fer sure, and considering that I can pretty much do everything anyway, hey... am beyond happy.
Shockwave Flash
File name: libflashplayer.so
Shockwave Flash 9.0 r115
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf Yes
application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Yes
Default Plugin
File name: libnullplugin.so
The default plugin handles plugin data for mimetypes and extensions that are not specified and facilitates downloading of new plugins.
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
* All types .* No
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Also did not work: icedtea-java7
First Cup of Ubuntu
I'm having a problem with the Sun Java 6.0 Plugin. "Sun Java 6.0 Plugin cannot be installed on your computer type (amd64). Either the application requries special hardware features or the vendor decided to not support your computer type." Is there an alternative?
Furthermore, I have downloaded NetBeans IDE 6.1 - "netbeans-6.1-linux.sh"
I am new, so I don't quite have the hang of the cd (change directory), ls (navigate to list files), and console installation shuffle required.
Please send help? Thank you.
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