I'm feeling stupid. See below.
On Sun, 16 Sep 2012, Rob Townley wrote:
$ rpm -qv firefox flash-plugin firefox-10.0.7-1.el6.centos.x86_64 flash-plugin-11.2.202.238-release.x86_64
Oops: rpm -qv firefox flash-plugin firefox-10.0.7-1.el6.centos.i686 package flash-plugin is not installed
So much for all the times I've followed links that told me it was already installed.
Alas: yum install flash-plugin Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.steadfast.net * extras: ftp.osuosl.org * rpmforge: mirror.hmc.edu * updates: yum.singlehop.com Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package flash-plugin.i386 0:11.2.202.238-release will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: flash-plugin i386 11.2.202.238-release adobe-linux-i386 6.6 M
Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 1 Package(s)
Total download size: 6.6 M Installed size: 18 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: flash-plugin-11.2.202.238-release.i386.rpm | 6.6 MB 00:10 warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID f6777c67: NOKEY Retrieving key from file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux Importing GPG key 0xF6777C67: Userid : Adobe Systems Incorporated (Linux RPM Signing Key) secure@adobe.com Package: adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch (@/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch) From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux Is this ok [y/N]:
How do I find out the answer?
Assuming I install it correctly this time, do I need to restart firefox? I often have rather a lot of tabs open and there doesn't seem to be any tidy way to save them.