please help me, it's driving me mad

[xiscolino]

i installed ubuntu because my windows wasn't working properly, but i ended up enjoying linux. the problem is i had to install the flash player, and i didn't know how to use the terminal. After asking a few people, it still doesn't work: if i type

cd /home

it works... IF i type

cd /home/munteanu

it does nothing... IF i type

cd /home/munteanu/desktop/player

it says no such file or directory exists

PLEASE HELP ME...I ALREADY REINSTALLED ABOUT 3 OS'S...i know it's gotta be something simple, but i dont know what... thank u

[b2bwild]

try

cd ~/Desktop/player

~ = home directory of logined user. so it wont matter if you mistyped username

[elija]

I'll just add - notice the capital D - linux files and directories are case sensitive

desktop is not the same as Desktop

[xiscolino]

it doesn't work...and i just reinstalled ubuntu 1 hour ago, it can't be some sort of error. so my username is munteanu, and the folder is the only thing on my desktop and it still doesn't work

munteanu@linuxkk:~$ cd ~/Desktop/player
bash: cd: /home/munteanu/Desktop/player: No such file or directory
munteanu@linuxkk:~$ cd /home
munteanu@linuxkk:/home$ cd /home/munteanu
munteanu@linuxkk:~$

[elija]

Are you sure player is all lower case? Could it be Player?

try these

cd ~/Desktop
ls

this should show you the files and directories in Desktop

[xiscolino]

i finally realised my error, please don't think i'm an idiot...

munteanu@linuxkk:~$ cd ~/Desktop
munteanu@linuxkk:~/Desktop$ ls
player.tar.gz wallpapers
munteanu@linuxkk:~/Desktop$ cd ~/Desktop/player
bash: cd: /home/munteanu/Desktop/player: No such file or directory
munteanu@linuxkk:~/Desktop$ cd ~/Desktop/player.tar.gz
bash: cd: /home/munteanu/Desktop/player.tar.gz: Not a directory
munteanu@linuxkk:~/Desktop$ cd ~/desktop/playa
bash: cd: /home/munteanu/desktop/playa: No such file or directory
munteanu@linuxkk:~/Desktop$ ls
playa player.tar.gz wallpapers
munteanu@linuxkk:~/Desktop$ cd ~/Desktop/playa
munteanu@linuxkk:~/Desktop/playa$ ./flashplayer-installer

Copyright(C) 2002-2006 Adobe Macromedia Software LLC. All rights reserved.

Adobe Flash Player 10 for Linux

Adobe Flash Player 10 will be installed on this machine.



the only problem now is that mozilla doesn't have the plug-in installed, so there must be something wrong again

[devils casper]

Execute this

sudo apt-get clean all
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

In case it doesn't work, post the output of uname -a command here.

[elija]

If you are trying to install Flash the simple way is

Open Synaptic System -> Administration -> Synaptic (I think - it's different in Mint) - you will be asked for your password.

Click Settings -> Repositories and make sure that everything in the first tab is selected
Click OK until you get back to the main Synaptic Window
Click the Update button in the tool bar

You now have all the latest software available to you

Click the Search button and enter "ubuntu-restricted-extras" without the quotes (This will install Flash, various codecs and if I remember rightly, Java)
Click search again and tick the box next to the one result found.
Click apply.

Watch as the software is downloaded from the Ubuntu repositories and installed for you.

Unlike Windows, you rarely have to download software from the web in Linux. You can if you want a later version but it is safer to stick with the repositories.

[xiscolino]

so i restarted the computer, thinking the effects will come. sites still tell me to get the latest flash player, so i download the .rpm version... i follow the instructions, and nothing happens. Then i read the note that says i have to be a root user... wtf is that ? i mean i am the only user, there is only one account on this pc, shouldn't i be the administrator? what should i do? the thing is i wouldn't be so desperate if at least i could play my music, but not even that works in linux, so i want to listen just a lil bit on sites...

sorry if i'm bothering...

[xiscolino]

wait i didnt see your previous reply...sorry...let me try that
THX