Probably stupid question, but

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 27 August 2013 21:10:12 Peter Smout did opine:

> On 27/08/13 19:33, Ric Moore wrote:
> > On 08/27/2013 01:18 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >> On Tuesday 27 August 2013 12:31:56 Liam Proven did opine:
> >>> On 25 August 2013 18:51, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> >>>> So how does one go about coaxing adobe to disgorge the correct .bin
> >>>> containing the .deb?
> >>> 
> >>> You don't.
> >> 
> >> And then you have the nerve to upbraid me for building from a tarball
> >> or installing the vendors .bin?
> > 
> > Gene, Liam gave you good advice, ~within the Ubuntu sphere of things~.
> > Of course, olde time Red Hat users expect to install exotic apps
> > straight from the vendor. But, not all distros keep lib locations and
> > versions the same. I'm running 13.04 and the nVidia driver, straight
> > from nVidia, for the first time ever just refused to work. The same
> > could easily happen with adobe. So, since Ubuntu is FAR more liberal
> > that Red Hat, you can easily install flash and nVidia drivers straight
> > from the repos, ~IF you enable them~, as was first pointed out. I used
> > the package manager to install my nVidia driver and nary a burp in the
> > barrel. I even have a repo that I use strictly for Java, which updates
> > itself routinely. I can't ask for better.
> > 
> > The only time I would go outside the sphere of Ubuntu packages is if
> > the package clearly fails, or cannot be obtained any other way. Which
> > is rarely.
> 
> Hi,
> Probably stupid question, but..... What repo?
> I have assumed medibuntu as that contains the non-free software, If so
> what is package name?
> I ask because a friend of mine is having flash issues ATM & I dont want
> to advise him to do it the way i have, (from adobe) if there is a better
> / safer way!
> 
> 
> Thanks (sheepishly)
> 
> Pete S

Its not in medibuntu, its in partners.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner

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