Flash won't install with yum

[jorrel]

Hello yall!

Pretty new to Linux so a lot of the commands are extremely alien to me, using Fedora 12, and I am just about 3 days into learning Linux.

I am trying to install flash plugin from the main site on FedoraProject, when I do the following command

su -c 'yum install flash-plugin nspluginwrapper.x86_64 \
    nspluginwrapper.i686 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686 \
    libcurl.i686'

I receive the following error

Transaction Check Error:
  package sqlite-3.6.23-1.fc14.x86_64 (which is newer than sqlite-3.6.20-1.fc12.i686) is already installed

I did some research and found the command line --exclude=X, I have tried implementing it with multiple variations in the yum install command with no success, to be honest I am not even sure I am doing it properly lol.

[CSchwangler]

Are you running Rawhide or F13 Alpha or what is the reason for a fc14 package?

[jorrel]

Originally Posted by CSchwangler

Are you running Rawhide or F13 Alpha or what is the reason for a fc14 package?

I'm running Fedora 12.

The FC14 I'm not exactly sure what that is. I can't remember what command it was that I ran not too long ago. But it updated a bunch of things I am pretty confident one of them was the sqlite.

Pretty confident it was 'yum update' it looked like a good command at the time lol.

[JEO]

Please post the output of the following command in a terminal:

yum repolist

You may have enabled the rawhide development repository by mistake and then done a yum update. It has happened before.

[jorrel]

[jr3L@localhost ~]$ yum repolist
Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
adobe-linux-i386                                         |  951 B     00:00     
adobe-linux-i386                                                          17/17
updates/metalink                                         |  16 kB     00:00     
repo id                        repo name                                  status
adobe-linux-i386               Adobe Systems Incorporated                     17
fedora                         Fedora 12 - x86_64                         19,122
updates                        Fedora 12 - x86_64 - Updates                6,988
repolist: 26,127

[errorxp]

did you try using rpm to install it? get it manually from adobe website and use the following command as root

rpm -ivh flash-plugin*

[steelaworkn]

You may not have all the repos you need but try:
#yum install flash-plugin.i386

[jorrel]

Originally Posted by errorxp

did you try using rpm to install it? get it manually from adobe website and use the following command as root

rpm -ivh flash-plugin*

[root@localhost jr3L]# cd /home/jr3L/Downloads
[root@localhost Downloads]# rpm -ivh flash-plugin*
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package flash-plugin-10.0.45.2-release.i386 is already installed
[root@localhost Downloads]#

Originally Posted by steelaworkn

You may not have all the repos you need but try:
#yum install flash-plugin.i386

[root@localhost jr3L]# yum install flash-plugin.i386
Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
adobe-linux-i386 | 951 B 00:00
updates/metalink | 16 kB 00:00
Setting up Install Process
Package flash-plugin-10.0.45.2-release.i386 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do



So it says it's installed, but when I try to play a particular video online says I need to install flash, and enable javascript. Javascript has been confirmed to be enabled within firefox, and I am guessing from what those two lines say, flash is installed? I guess it's important to add that I have 64 bit Fedora, and I was trying the 32bit wrapped version from http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Flash

Maybe this further information will help

[root@localhost ~]# yum list extras
Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
Extra Packages
firefox.x86_64                          3.6.2-1.fc14                    @rawhide
sqlite.x86_64                           3.6.23-1.fc14                   @rawhide
sqlite-devel.x86_64                     3.6.23-1.fc14                   @rawhide
xulrunner.x86_64                        1.9.2.2-1.fc14                  @rawhide
xulrunner-devel.x86_64                  1.9.2.2-1.fc14                  @rawhide
[root@localhost ~]#

[steelaworkn]

What browser are you using? You may have to manually place the flash-plugin.so file into the Plugin file of the browser you are using.

Or,

It might be you just need to manage your applications in Firefox to use flash. Look in Tools*Addons*Plugins and check to see if Shockwave Flash is one of them.

If it is not, try "#yum reinstall Firefox flash-plugin.i386"

Make sure you are logged in as root by typing at the terminal prompt "su"
then "your password"
then at the "#" enter your code "yum reinstall firefox flash-plugin.i386"

[ultra magnus]

mixing rawhide with f12 is doomed from the beginning, if you enabled rawhide just to grab firefox, there's a better solution, but first you need to downgrade those rawhide packages and remove nspluginwrapper.
As for flash, why not follow leigh123linux's guide? http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=205642

For firefox 3.6 install the remi repo from here: http://blog.famillecollet.com/pages/Config-en

[steelaworkn]

Originally Posted by ultra magnus

mixing rawhide with f12 is doomed from the beginning, if you enabled rawhide just to grab firefox, there's a better solution, but first you need to downgrade those rawhide packages and remove nspluginwrapper.
As for flash, why not follow leigh123linux's guide? http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=205642

For firefox 3.6 install the remi repo from here: http://blog.famillecollet.com/pages/Config-en

I didn't see that. Yep, if you are new to Linux, it's better to stick with the stable repos in your main system. If you would like to try the betas and the rawhide stuff, use an "expendable" machine or virtual machine. That way things don't get mixed up.

[jorrel]

Ok got it working now, thanks a lot guys!

[steelaworkn]

Originally Posted by jorrel

Ok got it working now, thanks a lot guys!

Usually it's just a simple thing. But without flash, Internet is a total bummer. Glad you got yours up and working.