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Old 05-25-2008, 03:32 PM   #1
mbvpixies78
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attempted to manually install flash player for firefox in KDE fedora 9


Here is the error, and I'm having lots of trouble with downloading and installing any new packages:

It says no GPG signature, force?


Error Type: <type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>
Error Value: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'getProvides'
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/install-files.py , line 20, in <module>
backend.install_files(trusted, files_to_inst)
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py , line 990, in install_files
self._runYumTransaction()
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py , line 1068, in _runYumTransaction
rc,msgs = self.yumbase.buildTransaction()
File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py , line 628, in buildTransaction
(rescode, restring) = self.resolveDeps()
File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py , line 650, in resolveDeps
CheckDeps, checkinstalls, checkremoves, missing = self._resolveRequires(errors)
File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py , line 733, in _resolveRequires
thisneeds = self._checkInstall(txmbr)
File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py , line 775, in _checkInstall
provs = self.tsInfo.getProvides(*req)
File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/transactioninfo.py , line 430, in getProvides
result = self.getOldProvides(name, flag, version)
File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/transactioninfo.py , line 423, in getOldProvides
for pkg, hits in self.rpmdb.getProvides(name, flag, version).iteritems():

Last edited by mbvpixies78; 05-25-2008 at 04:20 PM.
 
Old 05-26-2008, 07:53 AM   #2
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try getting the RPM from the adobe website.
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/alternates/
Download it and save it to the desktop then run it with package manager. When ever possible use RPMs to install (or yum) they work 99% of the time.

also try opening a terminal session
su root <enter>
yum provides *flash* <enter>

it should give you a list and look for something
like macromediaflash.i386.rpm

then type
yum install macromediaflash.i386.rpm <enter>
and watch the fun...

yum will resolve dependencies for you automatically...
 
Old 05-26-2008, 01:07 PM   #3
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I used install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz . There was a shell script. I ran it and my flash player was installed in Firefox. The script is interactive and it's done in seconds.
 
Old 05-26-2008, 06:29 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by watcher69b View Post
try getting the RPM from the adobe website.
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/alternates/
Download it and save it to the desktop then run it with package manager. When ever possible use RPMs to install (or yum) they work 99% of the time.

also try opening a terminal session
su root <enter>
yum provides *flash* <enter>

it should give you a list and look for something
like macromediaflash.i386.rpm

then type
yum install macromediaflash.i386.rpm <enter>
and watch the fun...

yum will resolve dependencies for you automatically...
When I type
Code:
yum provides *flash*
it says:
Code:
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
removing mirrorlist with no valid mirrors: //var/cache/yum/updates/mirrorlist.txt
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: updates. Please verify its path and try again
it seems all my problems are related if you'll look at my other posts
 
  


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