FirefoxPlugins

Before You Start

Information on this page relates to Ubuntu-supplied and -supported builds of the Mozilla Firefox browser, i.e. the firefox package in the Ubuntu repositories. It assumes the use of the [:InstallingSoftware: package management tools] to install or update plugins. If you are using other, unsupported versions of Mozilla Firefox and would like to install or update plugins, see the [http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/ Mozilla Browser Plugin Support Documentation].
You must have [:RootSudo: administrative privileges] to install packages.
Make sure you have enabled the [:AddingRepositoriesHowto: Universe and Multiverse repositories]. See [:Repositories/Ubuntu: Managing Repositories with Ubuntu] or [:Repositories/Kubuntu: Kubuntu] for help with this.
See [:InstallingSoftware#head-82ee502162e81ddca57bfba9281ad97c39fd7fbe: Installing Software] for help with installing packages.

Flash

For instructions on how to install the Flash plugin, see the [:RestrictedFormats#head-c268ba69c6b38af1dc31ea09701c7d296cf971c3: Flash section] on the Restricted Formats page.

Java

For instructions on how to install the Java plugin for Firefox, see ["Java"].

Adobe Reader

For instructions on how to install Adobe Reader plugin for Firefox, see the [:AcrobatHowTo: Adobe Reader] wiki page.

Real Player

For instructions on how to install the Real Player plugin for Firefox, see the [:RealplayerInstallationMethods:RealPlayer page].

Totem Plugin

[:MultimediaApplications#head-94cec33eee8ef46857b3f9c873bf978aeeb1e199: Totem], Ubuntu's default video player, supports both the [:MultimediaApplications#head-9c497602a3687a126b048cf7c61471e8024ab3e8: gstreamer (default) and xine multimedia frameworks].

On 6.06 LTS (Dapper), the plugin depends on the multimedia framework you use. If you use totem-gstreamer (the version of Totem that uses the gstreamer back-end), install the totem-gstreamer-firefox-plugin package. If you use totem-xine, you should install the totem-xine-firefox-plugin package.
On 6.10 (Edgy), simply install the totem-mozilla package.

Note: The current version of the Totem plugin that handles real media files is not functional. To make RealPlayer take over the handling of real media files, follow the instructions in the [:RealplayerInstallationMethods#head-02313c026706d5aca8b8b8f2a8a93e02727a1697: RealPlayer and Firefox 2] section on the [:RealplayerInstallationMethods: RealPlayer wiki page].

MPlayer Plugin

The [:MPlayer: MPlayer] media player is not installed by default on Ubuntu Linux. For 6.06 LTS (Dapper) and 6.10 (Edgy), simply install the mplayer package from the multiverse repositories. For users of 5.10 (Breezy) and earlier, see [:MPlayer/Breezy: MPlayer for Breezy]. Once you have set up and configured mplayer, add the plugin to Firefox by installing the mozilla-mplayer package.

Note: If your country's laws allow you to use [:RestrictedFormats#head-68524fab57e2285050069d6845f95415f8ec8404: w32codecs], installing that package is highly recommended. See the [:RestrictedFormats#head-6c942d1939d97331f96e42b63774003fde7daed5: w32codecs section] on the Restricted Formats wiki page for details.

How do I install other plugins?

See the [:MultimediaApplications: wiki page] for the media player you are interested in. [:RestrictedFormats: The Restricted Formats wiki page] offers a comprehensive discussion of proprietary multimedia file formats on (K)Ubuntu Linux. General information about installing other browser plugins is available at [http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html PluginDoc for Linux (x86)].

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