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Re: Failure to update flash-plugin in SL7.2
From:
John Pilkington <[log in to unmask]>
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John Pilkington <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 21 May 2016 12:32:31 +0100
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On 21/05/16 11:51, Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
> On Sat, 21 May 2016, John Pilkington wrote:
>
>> For the past 3 days I've had 'Yum: Failed to install updates' emails
>> about this:
>>
>> ---> Package flash-plugin.x86_64 0:11.2.202.616-release will be updated
>> ---> Package flash-plugin.x86_64 0:11.2.202.621-release will be an update
>>
>> http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/x86_64/flash-plugin-11.2.202.621-release.x86_64.rpm:
>> [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404 - Not Found
>>
>> I've done 'yum clean all' and 'yum check-update'
>>
>> Firefox says I don't have permission to access the site.  Is it just me?
>
> Which repo are you using ?
>
> I'm on SL6 and both my existing adobe repo and the repo in the RPM package
> https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/download/?installer=Flash_Player_11.2_for_other_Linux_(YUM)_64-bit&standalone=1
>
> (with baseurl=http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/x86_64/ )
> both still show version "11.2.202.616-release".
>
> However on the page
>    https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
> if I select ".rpm for other linux", I do get
> flash-plugin-11.2.202.621-release.x86_64.rpm
> The link appears to be
> https://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/11.2.202.621/flash-plugin-11.2.202.621-release.x86_64.rpm
>
>
> Looks like Adobe have released the new rpm but not yet updated their yum
> repo.
>

Thanks!  I probably won't use it, but, in SL7.2

$ cat /etc/yum.repos.d/adobe-linux-x86_64.repo

[adobe-linux-x86_64]
name=Adobe Systems Incorporated
baseurl=http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/x86_64/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux


$ cd Downloads
[john@HP_Box Downloads]$ ls -l flash*
-rw-rw-r--. 1 john john 7270732 May 21 12:11 
flash-plugin-11.2.202.621-release.x86_64.rpm
[john@HP_Box Downloads]$ su
Password:

[root@HP_Box Downloads]# yum install 
flash-plugin-11.2.202.621-release.x86_64.rpm

Running transaction
   Updating   : flash-plugin-11.2.202.621-release.x86_64 
                                                    1/2
   Cleanup    : flash-plugin-11.2.202.616-release.x86_64 
                                                    2/2
   Verifying  : flash-plugin-11.2.202.621-release.x86_64 
                                                    1/2
   Verifying  : flash-plugin-11.2.202.616-release.x86_64 
                                                    2/2

Updated:
   flash-plugin.x86_64 0:11.2.202.621-release

Complete!

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