How can I install the most used plugins like flash player and mp3 in Ubuntu?
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The easiest way is to install the package ubuntu-restricted-extras
by clicking the button below:
This will install a bunch of useful stuff, because it is a meta-package, like Flash, MP3 capability, mscorefonts etc.
Connect to the internet. Open the software center and search for ubuntu-restricted-extras
and install it.
You will have to accept some licences for non-free stuff.
First step read this from Ubuntu RestrictedFormats.
Then go to ubuntuguide. This is for Maverick - there are different guides for older versions of Ubuntu.
To install Flash search for 'Flash' in the Software Centre and install it or install the package: flashplugin-nonfree
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
For Flash Player, try installing flashplugin-installer
and flashplugin-nonfree
For the MP3 stuff, support to listen to MP3 media files should already be loaded into the system, as was my experience with 10.04 and 10.10.
If you want only free and open-source package (without enabling Multiverse) then following helps you which are available on Universe repository
For supporting MP3 most common audios & videos:-
gstreamer1.0-fluendo-mp3
: This GStreamer 1.0 plugin permits decoding of MPEG 1 audio layer III streams.gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
andgstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
: gstreamer pluginsgstreamer1.0-libav
: This GStreamer plugin supports a large number of audio and video compression formats through the use of the libav library. The plugin contains GStreamer elements for encoding 40+ formats (MPEG, DivX, MPEG4, AC3, DV, ...), decoding elements for decoding 90+ formats (AVI, MPEG, OGG, Matroska, ASF, ...), demuxing 30+ formats and colorspace conversion.
Flash player & plugin:-
gnash
:GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) playerbrowser-plugin-gnash
: GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player - Plugin for Mozilla and derivatives
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On every new install of Ubuntu I always use Medibuntu in addition to the restricted extras.