This worked PERFECTLY! These instructions were linked to by a Google employee on the google help forums:
Google Voice And Video Chat Comes To Linux! ~ Web Upd8
32 bit
mkdir goog; cd goog
wget http://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-talkplugin_current_i386.deb
ar vx google-talkplugin_current_i386.deb
sudo tar xvzf data.tar.gz -C /
64 bit
mkdir goog; cd goog
wget http://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-talkplugin_current_amd64.deb
ar vx google-talkplugin_current_amd64.deb
sudo tar xvzf data.tar.gz -C /
Then restart Firefox.
For newbies or “non-expert” people:
- Open a terminal (Konsole) window.
NOTE: Do NOT log in as root for all this!
- In any folder where you are fine creating and extracting the google stuff, type that first line “mkdir goog;cd goog”.
NOTE: Technically, you can create a folder of any name. The “goog” name is not required. This folder will simply house the archive.
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Continue typing each line in the code above, one at a time and hit return after each line
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The “sudo…” line will ask for the root login, this is the only time root should be used.
After you restart firefox, in the Tools -> Addons -> Plugins tab, you’ll see google talk. And yes, it should now work!
