Installing media players(DVD,firefox plugins..) on Ubuntu

Ubuntu help you installing multimedia software, java and many other things by providing a meta package. To install it, use this command line:

Code:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Once this done, we add the java fonts:

Code:

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-fonts

And we set the Sun Java Virtual Machine as the default Java environment:

Code:

sudo update-java-alternatives --set java-6-sun

If you want to be able to read movies included in web pages (some of it, nevertheless), you need to install the Mozilla Firefox's VLC plugin:

Code:

sudo apt-get install mozilla-plugin-vlc

if you want to be able to read DVD movies, you will need gxine and DVD decryption librairies:

Code:

sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 libdvdnav4 libxine1-ffmpeg gxine

Last, but not least, more Ubuntu tutorials on http://www.unixmen.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=4&Itemid=7