On Friday 23 February 2007, Doug McGarrett wrote:
> Hello, all--
>
> Re: 9.3
>
> I have Flash version 7.x, and I can't get rid of it to try and get
> the latest version, which I seem to need on a regular basis. When I
> go to YaST and select "Add or Remove Programs," I can get Flash to
> come up on the right hand window, but when I select one of the two
> top selections (the third is supposed to be something that will fowl
> up the kernel) and try to delete it, nothing happens. I have tried
> to use the YaST program in the text mode, but I can't seem to get
> that to do anything.
>
> On another note, in the console mode I can see a Timezone update,
> again I can't get that to work either, but I can't see that update in
> the GUI version of YaST.
>
> So I need help on two fronts: please tell me how to get the latest
> version of the Flash plug-in installed (I think, but I'm not certain,
> the s/w is on the machine, somewhere) and: how do I get the Timezone
> program--which must be on a remote server somewhere, but YaST
> probably knows that--to install.
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This might be a job for... Shell, man! Usually if the gui way is not
working for you and you're sure that the SuSE rpm of flash is installed
(rpm -q <correct flash name>) to check. You can use the shell/konsole
as root to remove it manually.
Open shell window
type: su
root password
rpm -e <flash filename>
All done removing file!
Or, you can download the two files you want to update, again using the
shell as root to update with: rpm -Uhv <filename.rpm>
That will not only remove the old stuff, but update to the new versions
as well. Or, you can use Yum or Smart, I believe smart works in the
shell, to do the getting of the file and updating it. (yum -y update
<filename.rpm>) from the preset repository. You'll have to ask one of
the "smart" guys how it does that. ;-)
Happy updating!
Lee
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