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Dell XPS M1210 & Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy) – Firefox Plugin: Java & Adobe Flash Player 9

I was originally using gnash which is an open source version of Adobe Flash Player but I find it takes up too much resources for my liking. I ended up finding this great wiki on how to install Sun Java 6 and Adobe Flash 9. There’s a little problem with the Adobe Flash 9 installer but the fix can be found on the Ubuntu Forums. In my mind, you’re better off skipping the Wiki step and just dive right into the alternative solution.

To install the Java Plugin:

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin

To install Adobe Flash Player 9

wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10761023/flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.115.0ubuntu2_i386.deb

sudo dpkg -i flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.115.0ubuntu2_i386.deb

To round off Firefox, I also recommend getting the VLC plug-in so you can watch streaming videos.

sudo apt-get install mozilla-plugin-vlc

A quick restart of Firefox and everything should be ready to go. You can view your plug-ins by typing about:plugins into your address bar to see if the plugins are in fact available.

Tags: Adobe Flash, Dell xps m1210, Firefox, Java, m1210, Ubuntu, VLC