Fedora 12: No flash plugin

Simon Schneebeli simon.schneebeli at okko.org
Mon Dec 14 20:50:35 UTC 2009


On 12/14/2009 09:38 PM, Craig White wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 21:30 +0100, Simon Schneebeli wrote:
>    
>> On 12/14/2009 09:22 PM, Frank Murphy (Frankly3D) wrote:
>>      
>>> On 14/12/09 20:11, Simon Schneebeli wrote:
>>>
>>> --snipped--
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>>> [root at sangam simon]# yum install flash-plugin
>>>> Loaded plugins: presto, protectbase, refresh-packagekit
>>>> 0 packages excluded due to repository protections
>>>> Setting up Install Process
>>>> No package flash-plugin available.
>>>> Nothing to do
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> --snipped--
>>>
>>> What does
>>> # yum repolist    say?
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> Nothing at all.
>>      
>>> try use su\sudo instead of root if possible.
>>>
>>>        
>> I know. I'm used to sudo, but I guess that on Fedora I first have to
>> install something because right now I just get
>> [simon at sangam ~]$ sudo yum repolist
>> [sudo] password for simon:
>> Sorry, try again.
>> [sudo] password for simon:
>> simon is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported.
>> [simon at sangam ~]$
>>
>> Just didn't had time yet to find out how to add myself to the sudoers list.
>>
>>
>>      
>>> If completely confused just use autoten
>>> http://dnmouse.org
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> That looks quite much like what I need right now to get familiar with
>> Fedora. Many thanks.
>>      
> ----
> just use 'su -' in a shell to become root for now.
>
> as root, 'yum repolist' should be very revealing as to what is installed
> for repositories.
>
> sudoers is another level of complexity to deal with that won't solve
> this problem.
>
> recognize that sites like fedorasolved.org and mjmwired.com (apparently
> used in dnsmouse.org) will advocate things that work but are not
> necessarily interchangeable with other advice that might be given on the
> list here. I'm not saying that their advice isn't good but getting
> advice from different places will sometimes have different and confusing
> results.
>
> Sometimes the answers on this list will come from various people with
> various levels of understanding that will become confusing to new users
> with no ability to sort out who is giving the most targeted advice.
>
> Craig
>
>
>    
You'll probably consider me as a fool, but if I enter 'su yum repolist', 
I just get the following:

[simon at sangam ~]$ su yum repolist
su: user yum does not exist

But I'm trying hard to learn. I'm currently searching infos on how to 
use "su" properly...

Simon




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