Adobe Flash Player Auto Updater

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Geoffrey · #16 Post by **Geoffrey** » Mon 10 Aug 2015, 20:52

bigpup wrote:If you offer an option, so the program searches for a new version of Flash Player, notifies about the update, but gives you the option to download and install.

Working on it, just about finished with a rewrite of the script, I'll be giving it a menu entry, when run it will give the option to check for new flash version at startup and some other features.

Geoffrey · #17 Post by **Geoffrey** » Tue 11 Aug 2015, 12:16

New version 1.3 for testing, see first post, there was a new flash update earlier today.

Sylvander · #18 Post by **Sylvander** » Wed 12 Aug 2015, 10:43

Installed latest version = update_flash-1.3
Doean't run from the menu entry.
Get this in a console.

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# update_flash 
awk: cmd. line:1: fatal: cannot open file `/root/.update_flash' for reading (No such file or directory)
/usr/bin/update_flash: line 28: yad: command not found
#

Geoffrey · #19 Post by **Geoffrey** » Wed 12 Aug 2015, 12:40

Sylvander wrote:Installed latest version = update_flash-1.3
Doean't run from the menu entry.

It needs yad installed to run, I'm guessing your trying it in slacko which doesn't have yad,

Sylvander · #20 Post by **Sylvander** » Wed 12 Aug 2015, 15:33

OK...
Installed yad, and "Update Flash" now runs from the menu entry in Slacko-5.7.0-pae.

Looks polished, and seems to be working well.
I like the way it now tells the version it has just installed.

Nice job!

Bindee · #21 Post by **Bindee** » Thu 13 Aug 2015, 22:41

https://github.com/rtrouton/rtrouton_sc ... ash_player

https://github.com/rtrouton/rtrouton_sc ... _player.sh

Don't know if there is anything from the above Mac OSX update script that would be of any use as that determines and grabs the latest version........

Sylvander · #22 Post by **Sylvander** » Fri 14 Aug 2015, 10:20

Now I'm getting this:
How come?

Geoffrey · #23 Post by **Geoffrey** » Sat 15 Aug 2015, 01:01

Sylvander wrote:Now I'm getting this:
How come?

It only updates if flashplayer was previously installed from a pet or manually added, it doesn't install the entire flash package, only the libflashplayer.so,

it looks for an existing file as it retrieves the version number to tell whether it's up to date, it also uses the the icons from an installation.

If you comment out the lines in red, it will work if the libflashplayer.so is missing

73 #export FLASH_PLAYER="/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so"
74 function ABOUT_UPDATER(){
75 #if [ ! -f "$FLASH_PLAYER" ]; then
76 #ABOUT="Adobe Flash Player
77 #Doesn't appear to have been installed
78 #Please click on the links for the latest Flash packages"
79 #LINK1="Update Flash 1.3 By Geoffrey 11th August 2015"
80 #LINK2="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... an>"
81 #LINK3="http://www.smokey01.com/OscarTalks"
82 #else
83 ABOUT="Adobe Flash Updater
84 Updates only the flash player plugin libflashplayer.so
85 Please click on the links for the latest Flash packages"
86 LINK1="Update Flash 1.3 By Geoffrey 11th August 2015"
87 LINK2="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... an>"
88 LINK3="http://www.smokey01.com/OscarTalks"
89 #fi
~
~
~
124 #[ ! -f "$FLASH_PLAYER" ] && ABOUT_UPDATER && exit 1

Sylvander · #24 Post by **Sylvander** » Sat 15 Aug 2015, 08:27

Geoffrey wrote:It only updates if flashplayer was previously installed from a pet or manually added

OK, I manually installed flashplayer, and then used your script/program to update it.
Appears to have worked as it aught.

sfs · #25 Post by **sfs** » Wed 19 Aug 2015, 07:46

perl -> sed

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LATEST_VERSION=`perl -ne 'if(m/Version (.*?)</){ print $1 . "\n"; }' ~/.flash_update/index.html || sed -n '/<strong>Version /s/^.*<strong>Version \(.*\)<\/strong>.*$/\1/p' ~/.flash_update/index.html `

Geoffrey · #26 Post by **Geoffrey** » Sat 17 Oct 2015, 08:15

Updated to version 1.4, all gtkdialog now, no yad, enable/disable run at startup or run from menu.

ASRI Ã©ducation · #27 Post by **ASRI Ã©ducation** » Thu 22 Oct 2015, 23:37

Geoffrey wrote:Updated to version 1.4, all gtkdialog now, no yad, enable/disable run at startup or run from menu.

I just test your script (useful and effective).
My proposal: rather than proposing a new utility, you could help develop "getflash". If you agree, you're welcome.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=74491
Regards

bigpup · #28 Post by **bigpup** » Fri 23 Oct 2015, 00:08

The Getflash in Tahrpup 6.0.3 does have a forum link to Auto Updater, if you want to install and use it.

Making it an option, to select in Getflash, does seem like a good idea.

Seems like a good combining of two very good programs.

Getflash would initially install Flash.
Your code would add the option to make it auto update.

I like it

ASRI Ã©ducation · #29 Post by **ASRI Ã©ducation** » Fri 23 Oct 2015, 09:40

bigpup wrote:Making it an option, to select in Getflash, does seem like a good idea.
Seems like a good combining of two very good programs.

Getflash would initially install Flash.
Your code would add the option to make it auto update.

Good idea!

ASRI Ã©ducation · #30 Post by **ASRI Ã©ducation** » Fri 23 Oct 2015, 13:34

bigpup wrote:Your code would add the option to make it auto update.

I started integrating the automatic update.
To be continued ...

zakjoh · #31 Post by **zakjoh** » Sat 24 Oct 2015, 22:16

ASRI éducation wrote:
bigpup wrote:Your code would add the option to make it auto update.
I started integrating the automatic update.
To be continued ...

Could this option be set to check at each boot up and auto update as needed without any user prompt?

It would save having to keep rewriting and chucking away DVD-r disks.

ASRI Ã©ducation · #32 Post by **ASRI Ã©ducation** » Sun 25 Oct 2015, 00:44

zakjoh wrote:
ASRI éducation wrote:
bigpup wrote:Your code would add the option to make it auto update.
I started integrating the automatic update.
Could this option be set to check at each boot up and auto update as needed without any user prompt?
It would save having to keep rewriting and chucking away DVD-r disks.

Hello zakjoh,

For my first test, I did as Geoffrey: check the presence of an update, then offer its installation. The installation requires confirmation (one click) of the user.

The silent automatic installation is possible, but it is a good idea?
I need to think about it.
What is the opinion of Geoffrey?

Regards,

Geoffrey · #33 Post by **Geoffrey** » Sun 25 Oct 2015, 02:20

ASRI éducation wrote: The silent automatic installation is possible, but it is a good idea?
I need to think about it.
What is the opinion of Geoffrey?

Regards,

Not everyone likes the idea of not having some control of the update process, so I thought it better that it only checks and gives the option to download and perform the update installation.

zakjoh · #34 Post by **zakjoh** » Sun 25 Oct 2015, 09:11

If it could be made optional then it would be up to the user to select it, I wasn't trying to suggest it should be forced upon anyone , sorry if i gave that impression.

It would also be a great help with elder family members that are not very computer literate as they can then be told to ignore / cancel any messages from flashplayer to be updated as that how most people get exploited.

ASRI Ã©ducation · #35 Post by **ASRI Ã©ducation** » Tue 27 Oct 2015, 00:02

zakjoh wrote:If it could be made optional then it would be up to the user to select it

It is done, the "silent installation" option has been added.
I must now put the script on a git (to facilitate the collaboration).
Regards,

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