Flash Plugin Install?

[3Vee]

I recently installed Linux (Ubuntu 7.10) on an older laptop I have. The only problem so far is that I've been unable to install the flash plugins for my browsers. Now, I'm a n00b when it comes to command line stuff, but I've determined that:

I have the necessary .so file to install in a particular folder.
Said particular folder (/usr/lib/opera) is owned by root, and I don't have the permissions necessary to move the file.

I was guessing I need to figure out how to login as root, which ought to be possible but I haven't yet figured it out.

Anybody got ideas? Thanks!

[King_Critter]

Well, you actually could have saved yourself the trouble and just downloaded flashplugin-nonfree via Synaptic Package Manager. :P

But to answer your question: put "sudo" (without, of course, the quotes) before any command you want to execute as root. It will ask you for your password -- just type in the password you use to normally log on. Also, the passsword won't show up as you're typing it; it's just an extra little security feature so someone watching you can't guess the length of the your password.

Hope that helps. ^_^

[3Vee]

Thanks. I'm still getting used to this thing, so naturally I wouldn't, you know, do things the easy way. :)

Can /thread this now.