Fedora 12: No flash plugin

[Simon Schneebeli]

On 12/14/2009 10:13 PM, Craig White wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 22:07 +0100, Simon Schneebeli wrote:
>    
>>>> I'm progressing (with sudo):
>>>>
>>>> [root at sangam simon]# sudo yum repolist
>>>> Loaded plugins: presto, protectbase, refresh-packagekit
>>>> repo id                   repo name                              status
>>>> fedora                    Fedora 12 - i386
>>>> enabled: 15,366
>>>> rpmfusion-free            RPM Fusion for Fedora 12 - Free
>>>> enabled:    383
>>>> rpmfusion-free-updates    RPM Fusion for Fedora 12 - Free - Upda
>>>> enabled:    177
>>>> rpmfusion-nonfree         RPM Fusion for Fedora 12 - Nonfree
>>>> enabled:    124
>>>> rpmfusion-nonfree-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 12 - Nonfree - U
>>>> enabled:     97
>>>> updates                   Fedora 12 - i386 - Updates
>>>> enabled:  2,111
>>>> repolist: 18,258
>>>> [root at sangam simon]#
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> ----
>>> no you're not... you're root - see the pwd that says root? see the
>>> prompt?  (#) you're root
>>>
>>> putting 'sudo' into commands when you are already root is meaningless
>>> and a waste of 4 letters and a space.
>>>
>>> Craig
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> At least I got the information on the repositories ;-) . As it seams,
>> the adobe repository isn't yet properly installed. Here again what
>> happens if I follow your instructions:
>>
>> [root at sangam simon]# su - -c 'rpm -ivh
>> http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm'
>> Retrieving
>> http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
>> Preparing...                ###########################################
>> [100%]
>>       package adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch is already installed
>> [root at sangam simon]# su - -c 'rpm --import
>> /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux'
>> error: /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux: import failed.
>> [root at sangam simon]#
>>
>> Does this help?
>>      
> ----
> sort of doesn't make sense but try this (as root)...
>
> rpm -e adobe-release-i386
>
> rpm -ivh \
> http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
>
> rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
>
> 3 commands...the middle 1 is 2 lines but one command... let us know what
> happens
>
> Craig
>
>    
Bad news:

[root at sangam simon]# rpm -e adobe-release-i386
warning: /etc/yum.repos.d/adobe-linux-i386.repo saved as 
/etc/yum.repos.d/adobe-linux-i386.repo.rpmsave
[root at sangam simon]# rpm -ivh 
http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
Retrieving 
http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### 
[100%]
    1:adobe-release-i386     ########################################### 
[100%]
[root at sangam simon]# rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
error: /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux: import failed.
[root at sangam simon]#


Simon