On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:41:23 -0500 Padilla Juan Leon II <erosthana...@gmail.com> wrote:
> greetings ! > > i just installed my debian 5.0.7 in my laptop. > > i just want to install 3 things in my debian OS > > 1 google chrome > 2 skype > 3 adobe flash player > > i read some of the text in the web but i can't install any of those things > above. > > if you don't mind can you make the instruction very simple im not that very > good in comp laguage. > > thank you and more power! > > juan padilla As far as chrome goes, you can easily do this by opening up a terminal (command prompt) and typing: sudo aptitude install chromium-browser This will prompt you for your password. The characters in your password will not be displayed on the screen (not even as *s or dots), so don't worry if it seems like nothing is being typed. To install flash player on Lenny, you should try the following: sudo aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree If this fails, saying something along the lines of "no package found", then you should do the following: sudo echo "deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list sudo aptitude update sudo aptitude -t lenny-backports install flashplugin-nonfree sudo /usr/sbin/update-flashplugin-nonfree --install Skype can be installed by going here: http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/linux/post-download/ and clicking on the "Debian Lenny" link. This will download a .deb package that you can install. You'll want to make note of where it downloads it to. There are then two ways to go: 1. Download and install gdebi (sudo aptitude install gdebi), and then just clicking on the file should launch a simple window with an easy "install" button, or 2. Find what directory you downloaded the .deb to (lets just say its called /home/juan/downloads - note that this is CaSe SeNsItIvE) and do the following: cd /home/juan/downloads sudo dpkg -i skype-debian_2.1.0.81-1_i386.deb Note that that's what it was called when I downloaded it, but you should check to make sure the filename is the same. This may have errors with dependency resolution, so unless there is a reason you don't want to install gdebi, then use it. Also, if you are having trouble with just clicking on it, you can invoke gdebi from the command line: cd /home/juan/downloads sudo gdebi skype-debian_2.1.0.81-1_i386.deb again, check the filename and directory, and if you already have issued the cd command, you won't need it again. Hope this helps! -- rbmj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110126213508.3c35f82e@blair-laptop
