Friday, January 26, 2007

Installing flash 9 in ubuntu

I wanted to look at the stock market in google:
http://finance.google.com/finance?q=goog&hl=en
When I right clicked on the flash program which is the moving chart I noticed that I was using version 7. The newest version is 9.
These instructions are for firefox in Ubuntu Edgy Eft.
First click tools and add-ons. Then click on plugins, then go down and click on flash version 9 for windows. It takes you here: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash
Download option 1. Open the archive file you just downloaded called: install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz and click extract and then extract again and it goes it to a folder on the desktop.
Next open a terminal and type:
cd Desktop

next, type:
cd install_flash_player_9_linux

this takes you into the file that was extracted to the desktop. Now type:
sudo ./flashplayer-installer

now it asks you the root password. Then it asks you for the directory where firefox or what ever browzer you use is. I typed the following:
/usr/lib/firefox

then it will install to that dir ectory, press enter and it should say finished installing.
Now go here and right click on flash movie to see what version you are using.
http://finance.google.com/finance?q=goog&hl=en
good luck

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Force ubuntu to keep old package installed

I use vnc to login as another user on my computer from another computer. I can even login as another user from anywhere that has the internet. My vnc program was uptodate and it doesn't work unless I use the last version of vnc4server. So I open synaptic package manager and find vnc4server. The version I use that works is 4.1.1+xorg1.0.2-0ubuntu1. This version is for Edgy but a new update came called edgy security. When I install this version I can't login to one of my users from another computer while I am already logged on in the physical computer. So I clicked on vnc4server in synaptic package manager and clicked on package tab and force version then I chose the older release. Now the problem is when I turn on my computer the auto updater keeps bugging me so I found a work-around.