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Born in Kapiolani Children's Medical Center, just a few blocks from Waikiki. Graduated from Kahuku High School. Rode BMX Freestyle for most of my life (more than 20 years), now my 8 year old son is ripping up the skate parks, but plans on getting drafted by the SeaHawks as a WR.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Youtube on Ubuntu?!?

OK I think I got this down to a science! (we will see...)

*- Install Ubuntu.
*- Open firefox, go to youtube.com, click on the adobe flash link that is where you normally see the video.
*- Download the .tar.gz version, in the list of options, usually the first one (easier if you download it to the desktop).
*- CLOSE FIREFOX AND ALL OTHER BROWSERS! !
*- Find the file you just downloaded right click it and select "extract here"
*- Open the new folder and double click the "flashplayer-installer" icon.
*- Select "Run In Terminal" and follow the instructions (ie. hit ENTER a few times)(It tells you to have the admin remove a file, no need to, but good luck finding it)
*- Open a terminal (Applications menu -> Accessories -> Terminal)
*- (It might look like "s@s-desktop:~$ " that will work, you can run this command from the desktop and it will still work fine) Type the following:

$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

*- Hit enter and watch it run. Look for errors and stuff, it will pause a few times, be patient. After following the instructions in the terminal you can close it and open firefox and watch youtube videos.

1 Comments:

Blogger I'm a Walker said...

Hey Will we have a friend in common who I think you might like to reconnect with. At least I know she would love to hear from you.
B

4/27/2009 11:56 PM  

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