Before You Start

• Information on this page relates to Ubuntu-supplied builds of Mozilla Firefox and using the Ubuntu package management system to install or update plugins. For other builds of Mozilla Firefox the information on [http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/ PluginDoc] may be more suitable.

• You must have administrative privileges to install packages. RootSudo explains how Ubuntu provides the necessary privileges.

• You will also need to enable the universe and multiverse repositories to install many plugins. See AddingRepositoriesHowto for instructions.

Flash

For instructions on how to install Flash, see RestrictedFormats.

Java

For instructions on how to install Java, see ["Java"].

Adobe Reader

For instructions on how to install Adobe Ready, see AcrobatHowTo.

Real Player

For instructions on how to install Real Player, see RestrictedFormats.

Multimedia Plugins

How do I install mplayer-plugin?

First of all, you'll need to install mplayer (see MplayerInstallHowto). If your country's laws allow you to use w32codecs, installing that package is strongly advised. See RestrictedFormats for details.

Once mplayer is set up, you can install the plugin by installing the following packages: mozilla-mplayer

How do I install Totem?

On Ubuntu, Totem can use either gstreamer (default) or xine. The plugin installation process is slightly different for each. If you have totem-gstreamer, you need to install the totem-gstreamer-firefox-plugin package. If you have totem-xine, you need to install the totem-xine-firefox-plugin package.

How do I install other plugins?

Information about installing other browser plugins is available at [http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html PluginDoc for Linux (x86)].

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