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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="95%" align="center"> <tr bgcolor="#234c6f"><td> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"> <tr bgcolor="#234c6f"> <td colspan="2" align="left"> <font size="3" color="#FFFFFF" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>T O P I C ��� R E V I E W</b> </font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Dukhat</b> <br /><small>Member # 341</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2008,7,4,10,14,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">August 04, 2008</span> <span class="timeformat-0">10:14 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Okay, here's the deal: I'm running Ubuntu on a G4 iMac (because the old 802.11b Airport cards are completely compatible with Ubuntu), and I've hit a snag: I need to install Flash, and I don't know how to do it. I downloaded the installation file, but unlike Windows, it's not a self-extracting executable file. I understand that I need to write some commands in the terminal, but my Linux experience is zero. Can someone explain what I need to do in terms that an absolute monkey-brained retard like me can understand? <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Fabrux</b> <br /><small>Member # 71</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2008,7,4,10,55,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">August 04, 2008</span> <span class="timeformat-0">10:55 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> A thread cropped up on another board I frequent (about cars, of all things) about installing in Ubuntu...<br /><br /> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by fredio54:<br /><strong>MicroSoft Installer<br /><br />Most m$ installers are msi packages, you install them (if/when you need to) by running :<br /><br /></font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">fred@rwdlsd:~$ msiexec <br />Usage:<br /> Install a product:<br /> msiexec {package|productcode} [property]<br /> msiexec /i {package|productcode} [property]<br /> msiexec /a package [property]<br /> Repair an installation:<br /> msiexec /f[p|o|e|d|c|a|u|m|s|v] {package|productcode}<br /> Uninstall a product:<br /> msiexec /x {package|productcode} [property]<br /> Advertise a product:<br /> msiexec /j[u|m] package [/t transform] [/g languageid]<br /> msiexec {u|m} package [/t transform] [/g languageid]<br /> Apply a patch:<br /> msiexec /p patchpackage [property]<br /> msiexec /p patchpackage /a package [property]<br /> Modifiers for above operations:<br /> msiexec /l[*][i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|][+|!] logfile<br /> msiexec /q{|n|b|r|f|n+|b+|b-}<br /> Register a module:<br /> msiexec /y module<br /> Unregister a module:<br /> msiexec /z module<br /> Display usage and copyright:<br /> msiexec {/h|/?}<br />NOTE: Product code on commandline unimplemented as of yet<br /><br />Copyright 2004 Vincent B�ron</pre><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">with an msi file like this one :<br /><br /></font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">/home/fred/.wine.new.infected.with.virus/drive_c/Program Files/TunerStudioMS_v0.857_alpha.msi</pre><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Fred.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">There's also <a href="http://monkeyblog.org/ubuntu/installing/#installing_with_synaptic" target="_blank">this link</a>, too. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Daniel Butler</b> <br /><small>Member # 1689</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2008,7,4,14,21,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">August 04, 2008</span> <span class="timeformat-0">02:21 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> I just activated the Multiverse repository in Synaptic and installed it from there. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Dukhat</b> <br /><small>Member # 341</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2008,7,4,14,38,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">August 04, 2008</span> <span class="timeformat-0">02:38 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> ...and the "Multiverse repository in Synaptic" is what, exactly? <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Daniel Butler</b> <br /><small>Member # 1689</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2008,7,4,19,24,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">August 04, 2008</span> <span class="timeformat-0">07:24 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Synaptic...you know, the package manager that automatically downloads and installs things you tell it to? How else are you installing software in Ubuntu? <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Daniel Butler</b> <br /><small>Member # 1689</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2008,7,5,1,9,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">August 05, 2008</span> <span class="timeformat-0">01:09 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Man, I saw that in the Today's Posts page, and it sounds a lot more rude than I intended it to... <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Dukhat</b> <br /><small>Member # 341</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2008,7,5,8,54,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">August 05, 2008</span> <span class="timeformat-0">08:54 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> No offense taken. It turns out that PowerPC processors won't run Flash; that's why there's no option to install it in Synaptic (now that I know what Synaptic is :-) <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>MinutiaeMan</b> <br /><small>Member # 444</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2008,7,5,16,0,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">August 05, 2008</span> <span class="timeformat-0">04:00 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Flash (Player, I assume you mean) <i>does</i> run on PowerPC... it's just that Macromedia/Adobe made the charming decision to distribute the binaries separately, instead of bundling them together.<br /><br />That being said, it's entirely possible that Linux support for Flash on PowerPC might be hard to find... when I was experimenting with Linux on my iBook (three years ago or so), it took <i>forever</i> to get certain things working.<br /><br />Also, not sure how far you are into getting settled in (I realize it might not be worth your trouble), but there's a distribution of Linux that's dedicated solely to PowerPC support: <a href="http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/products/ydl/" target="_blank">Yellow Dog Linux</a>. It's probably not as friendly as Ubuntu has become over the years, but it might be worth a look... you might have better luck. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Dukhat</b> <br /><small>Member # 341</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2008,7,5,19,51,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">August 05, 2008</span> <span class="timeformat-0">07:51 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> I was able to install something called an SWF player, which is apparently an alternative to Flash, but the playback is jerky and the video quality sucks. Oh well. At least I got that far.<br /><br />Minutiaeman, thanks for the info about Yellow Dog. The whole reason why I bought this G4 iMac on Craigslist was to learn Ubuntu on a machine where I could access the internet wirelessly without any configuring on my part (a la the Airport card). That part has been an astounding success (I'm typing this right now on the iMac). I just got into Macs not long ago and now I'm trying to learn Linux. Thanks for all your help. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Kosh</b> <br /><small>Member # 167</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2008,7,6,13,6,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">August 06, 2008</span> <span class="timeformat-0">01:06 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Flash</b> is Satanic. <br /> </font> </td></tr> </table></td></tr></table> <br /> <br />
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