On 02/23/2007 09:57 PM somebody named BandiPat wrote: > 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. > > ============ > > 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
I'd recommend first seeing what's actually installed, i.e., rpm -q flash-plugin If the above yields "flash-plugin-9.0.31.0-release", then there's no sense in removing it... because that's what you want to have installed. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
