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 -- --- KMail 1.96--- Zenwalk v4.4 - Linux 2.6.20 --- Registered Linux User #225206 "All animals except man know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it."--Samual Butler -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org