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Hi guys, I am new in linux and I'm using linux mint 9. I've truing to install yahoo messenger and adobe flash and they come as .tar gz. How do I get this right?
Thanks in advance.
 

FLV Player is a free flash media player for Windows. FLV player can play and download files directly from the web or any storage device. With its simple and light-weight design, you can watch all your videos without any distractions in a bug and glitch free environment.
 

Unpack the tar.gz file and look for a text file named like installation or setup. Most programs provide a text file with installation instructions.

And perhaps your Linux Mint has a package for the flash player.
Look for a package like flashplugin-nonfree
 

I have seen adobe flash in Linux as a single library file (.so). What has to be done is to extract '.tar.gz' file by 'tar -xvzf file.tar.gz' and place the flash library file in the browsers (Mozilla/Firefox) plug-in library folder. This was enough to get flash working with Mozilla variants.
 

louisnells said:
I have seen adobe flash in Linux as a single library file (.so). What has to be done is to extract '.tar.gz' file by 'tar -xvzf file.tar.gz' and place the flash library file in the browsers (Mozilla/Firefox) plug-in library folder. This was enough to get flash working with Mozilla variants.
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Working != Correct.

You should only install things in this way if your distribution's package manager doesn't have a package.

The correct way to do it in Mint would be to firstly ensure your apt cache's are up to date so you get the latest version.

Code: 
apt-cache update

Then:

Code: 
apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
 

kandy2015 said:
Hi guys, I am new in linux and I'm using linux mint 9. I've truing to install yahoo messenger and adobe flash and they come as .tar gz. How do I get this right?
Thanks in advance.
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You can't install yahoo messager in linux, if you want to install it you have use wine....But i think you can use pidgin to chat
You can install adobe flash. you should find some softwares what formats file.deb.
file.tar.gz.. : you want to install it you have to uncompress. now, you are using linux mint 9 that is very simple, don't need to using command
Other methods: tar xzf targe -C file.tar.gz to uncpmpress..now you can install
Have fun!!!!
 

Not true at all. Yahoo Messenger has a native Linux version.
 

If you don't want to use command line tool you can go for mc(midnight commander).

It will help you to avoid the command line tools.
 

You could, but anyone who doesn't like using the command line should go back to Windows or some other OS designed for morons.
 

kandy2015 said:
Hi guys, I am new in linux and I'm using linux mint 9. I've truing to install yahoo messenger and adobe flash and they come as .tar gz. How do I get this right?
Thanks in advance.
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Have a look at the forums of linux distros like Ubuntu, fedora...U can find the same questions there with answers!.
 

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