Post #277,076
12/31/06 6:29:16 PM
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Edgy point and drool video install?
Where would I find links to allow the various website videos to work?
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Post #277,077
12/31/06 6:32:54 PM
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Visit the NY Times.
With Firefox there was a banner at the top of the screen saying Flash was needed. Clicking the link caused it to automagically install.
I don't know about other video players.
HTH.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #277,088
12/31/06 9:22:26 PM
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Ok, I got that
But there are still some that it doesn't do, such as:
[link|http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&video=realtime|http://www.willitble...fe&video=realtime]
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Post #277,089
12/31/06 9:34:53 PM
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See UbuntuGuide for how to get Flash 9
[link|http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy#How_to_install_Flash_Player_.28Macromedia_Flash.29_Plug-in_for_Mozilla_Firefox|UbuntuGuide] has the details.
I haven't tried it myself.
Other parts of the guide address other media players.
HTH.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #277,092
12/31/06 11:28:47 PM
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apt-get install automatix
Won't get Flash 9 (last I checked) but gets most everything else.
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Post #277,095
1/1/07 12:46:52 AM
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Re: apt-get install automatix
root@broomberg-desktop:/dev# apt-get install automatix
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package automatix
root@broomberg-desktop:/dev#
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Post #277,105
1/1/07 8:51:50 AM
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Here ya go.
[link|http://www.getautomatix.com/wiki/index.php?title=Installation#Installing_Automatix|Installing Automatix].
I'm not sure what it'll get you that K -> System -> Adept Manager Manage Packages doesn't do, though. Perhaps Drew can elaborate.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #277,129
1/1/07 1:59:03 PM
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Huh, forgot it wasn't just an install
What it gets is a ton of codecs. I haven't used Adept, so can't compare the two.
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Post #277,131
1/1/07 2:40:17 PM
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Adept == Synaptic
Peter
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Post #277,132
1/1/07 3:15:26 PM
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Then automatix is better for getting codecs
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Post #277,134
1/1/07 4:45:46 PM
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I read somewhere that automatix is bad...
...as is easy-ubuntu (which does a similar thing).
I can't remember why, though. I'd not rush off and install it until I'd researched the downsides.
*googlism*
Hmm. The Automatix people feel the need to point out that Automatix is perfectly safe. This leads me to believe that it isn't. Why bring it up if it's safe?
OK, some negative stuff about Automatix, on the basis that forewarned is forearmed:
[link|http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/03/12/209257|It's not fire-and-forget]
[link|http://www.getautomatix.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=545|Problems with Adept and Automatix]
[link|http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1949852|Flash failing to install.] I've been here. It's a bug in the preinst script, and you need ruby-fu to fix it.
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Post #277,144
1/1/07 5:49:31 PM
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Because once-upon-a-time it wasn't...
Haven't had problems w/Automatix - but I had no problems w/EasyUbuntu, either. I think Automatix might install more schtuff, tho.
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