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This page describes third-party software that does not meet the OLPC standards for software freedom. The use of such software is unsupported; OLPC does not endorse or encourage its use.


Instructions for installing software for dealing with web-based multimedia such as Flash and Java applets using proprietary players:

Adobe Flash

As root:

Sun Java

  • Go to http://java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp, download "Linux RPM (self-extracting file)".
  • Copy the file to an XO
  • Run chmod a+x jre-1_5_0_11-linux-i586-rpm.bin
  • As root:
    • ./jre-1_5_0_11-linux-i586-rpm.bin
    • cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
    • ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_11/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .

You can check which browser plugins you have installed by visiting "about:plugins".