Ubuntu restricted extras
Getting Ubuntu Restricted Extras
Ubuntu Restricted Extras is a meta-package that fetches a variety of packages, notably: Adobe Flash and Firefox plugin, microsoft fonts (yes, they're proprietary), and a variety of other codecs. The easy way to get it (10.04):
- Applications > Ubuntu Software Center
- Type "Ubuntu Restricted Extras" into the search field
- Highlight Ubuntu Restricted Extras and click "more info"
- Click "Use this source" and "install"
You can also get it through synaptic or sudo apt-get (command line). The package is called ubuntu-restricted-extras.
Package Contents
- adobe-flashplugin [i386]
- Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
- Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
- web browser plugin based on OpenJDK and IcedTea to execute Java applets
- ffmpeg codec library
- The KDE CD/DVD burning application library - extra decoders
- An MP3 encoding library
- MP3 Plugin for MusicBrainz tagging library
- MPEG-related plugins for libxine1
- Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts
- Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free version)