[Centos] Shockwave Flash player for CentOS

[Nels Lindquist]

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On 9 Aug 2004 at 7:03, Rick Graves wrote:

> I am using CentOS-3 as a desktop distribution.  With
> the exception of fewer red hats and some different
> logos, it looks exactly like RedHat 9 to me.

Which is unsurprising, since RHEL 3 is based on RH 9.

> I prefer not to download and install something that
> YUM could not help keep up to date.

I can understand the sentiment, but depending on what you're doing, 
you may ultimately end up having to download and install a package 
directly, or even (*gasp*) build something from source.  It's not 
*that* scary.  Really. :-)

> If I volunteered to be the "package maintainer", could
> browser enhancements be included in the "extras"?

I've got an easier solution.  Edit /etc/yum.conf and add the 
following:

- -- begin --
[macromedia]
name=Macromedia Flash Player for Red Hat Linux 3
baseurl=
#  http://macromedia.mplug.org/apt/redhat/3/
#  http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/macromedia/apt/redhat/3/
#  http://ruslug.rutgers.edu/macromedia/apt/redhat/3/
#  http://macromedia.rediris.es/apt/redhat/3/
gpgcheck=1
failovermethod=priority
- -- end --

Uncomment one of the repository URIs as appropriate.  You'll also 
need to either set gpgcheck=0 (not recommended) or install the Fedora 
project GPG key which is used to sign these packages. If you don't 
already have it, do (as root):

> rpm --import http://www.fedora.us/FEDORA-GPG-KEY

Then you can simply:

> yum install flash-plugin

and everything should work as you would expect.  

The usual "yum update" should track the Macromedia repository as 
well.

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Nels Lindquist <*>
Information Systems Manager
Morningstar Air Express Inc.

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