[SOLVED] Both stable and unstable chromium-pepper-flash won't install

mhelvens · 2013-12-04 16:04:40

Hi all,

I just installed Chromium, but am unable to install Flash. It was recommended that I install pepper-flash rather than flashplugin, since the latter is deprecated. But there is a problem:

chromium-pepper-flash-stable won't install because the link to the package is invalid:
```
ERROR: Failure while downloading google-chrome-stable-31.0.1650.57-1.x86_64.rpm
```

chromium-pepper-flash won't install because the md5 checksum is invalid:

==> Validating source files with md5sums...
    google-chrome-unstable_current_amd64.deb ... FAILED
    LICENSE.txt ... Passed
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!

This leaves me with three questions:

Does this happen often, or is it a freak coincidence that both recommended Flash packages are broken on the first day I start using Arch?
I can probably find the proper package file for chromium-pepper-flash-stable, but what is recommended practice for installing it (if I am in a hurry, or just impatient)? Should I hack the PKGBUILD file myself?
Should I flag these packages as out-of-date in AUR?

Thanks!

Last edited by mhelvens (2013-12-04 22:51:39)

karol · 2013-12-04 16:07:07

Yes, edit the PKGBUILD yourself. Both the link and the checksum.
Have a look at the comments: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/chro … mments=all Being broken is not an uncommon occurrence for this package.

WorMzy · 2013-12-04 17:20:38

You can run updpkgsums to.. well, update the PKGBUILD's *sums arrays. Of course, It'd be a good idea to verify that the file you've downloaded is both A) trustworthy, and B) not corrupted first.

mhelvens · 2013-12-04 22:46:16

Thank you both! I installed the stable version by editing the PKGBUILD file. But it's very useful to know about the updpkgsums option.

I'd still like an answer to question 3, if possible. Does this kind of problem justify my flagging the package as out-of-date?

karol · 2013-12-04 22:50:11

Yes, I think your should mark it as out-of-date.

mhelvens · 2013-12-04 22:53:54

OK, thanks. Good to know.

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#1 2013-12-04 16:04:40

[SOLVED] Both stable and unstable chromium-pepper-flash won't install

#2 2013-12-04 16:07:07

Re: [SOLVED] Both stable and unstable chromium-pepper-flash won't install

#3 2013-12-04 17:20:38

Re: [SOLVED] Both stable and unstable chromium-pepper-flash won't install

#4 2013-12-04 22:46:16

Re: [SOLVED] Both stable and unstable chromium-pepper-flash won't install

#5 2013-12-04 22:50:11

Re: [SOLVED] Both stable and unstable chromium-pepper-flash won't install

#6 2013-12-04 22:53:54

Re: [SOLVED] Both stable and unstable chromium-pepper-flash won't install

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