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)