Quick Tip - The Vanishing Google Chrome Updates
When I read that Google had dropped Version 71 of Chrome today I wondered
whether today's dnf -y update had already downloaded and installed it. A quick
check in the browser showed it was stuck at v66! What was that?!?
Turns out that the upgrade to Fedora 29 and the modular repositories had removed the configuration for the "old" Google repo, without a replacement. Not good, considering the sheer number of security updates that had been rolled out over the now 5 releases I was behind. :-(
Anyway, don't be me and check the situation like so:
[root@airtuxi ~]# dnf repolist
Fedora 29 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 172 B/s | 543 B 00:03
Fedora Modular 29 - x86_64 16 kB/s | 27 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 29 - x86_64 - Updates 10 kB/s | 27 kB 00:02
Fedora 29 - x86_64 - Updates 22 kB/s | 26 kB 00:01
Fedora 29 - x86_64 10 kB/s | 27 kB 00:02
RPM Fusion for Fedora 29 - Free - Updates 6.5 kB/s | 7.9 kB 00:01
RPM Fusion for Fedora 29 - Free 5.5 kB/s | 9.8 kB 00:01
RPM Fusion for Fedora 29 - Nonfree - Updates 6.8 kB/s | 8.0 kB 00:01
RPM Fusion for Fedora 29 - Nonfree 6.8 kB/s | 9.6 kB 00:01
repo id repo name status
fedora Fedora 29 - x86_64 58,207
fedora-cisco-openh264 Fedora 29 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 8
fedora-modular Fedora Modular 29 - x86_64 8
rpmfusion-free RPM Fusion for Fedora 29 - Free 596
rpmfusion-free-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 29 - Free - Updates 120
rpmfusion-nonfree RPM Fusion for Fedora 29 - Nonfree 228
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 29 - Nonfree - Updates 35
updates Fedora 29 - x86_64 - Updates 13,171
updates-modular Fedora Modular 29 - x86_64 - Updates 11
Clearly, we are missing the Chrome repo.
Repair it like so:
[root@airtuxi ~]# dnf install fedora-workstation-repositories
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:11 ago on Wed 05 Dec 2018 09:53:21 PM CET.
Dependencies resolved.
Complete!
[root@airtuxi ~]# dnf config-manager --set-enabled google-chrome
Now, check what updates might be available:
[root@airtuxi ~]# dnf check-update
Fedora 29 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 132 B/s | 543 B 00:04
Fedora Modular 29 - x86_64 12 kB/s | 27 kB 00:02
Fedora Modular 29 - x86_64 - Updates 23 kB/s | 27 kB 00:01
Fedora 29 - x86_64 - Updates 10 kB/s | 26 kB 00:02
Fedora 29 - x86_64 11 kB/s | 27 kB 00:02
google-chrome 1.2 kB/s | 1.3 kB 00:01
google-chrome 1.6 kB/s | 3.3 kB 00:02
RPM Fusion for Fedora 29 - Free - Updates 6.6 kB/s | 7.9 kB 00:01
RPM Fusion for Fedora 29 - Free 8.4 kB/s | 9.8 kB 00:01
RPM Fusion for Fedora 29 - Nonfree - Updates 7.0 kB/s | 8.0 kB 00:01
RPM Fusion for Fedora 29 - Nonfree 8.2 kB/s | 9.6 kB 00:01
google-chrome-stable.x86_64 71.0.3578.80-1 google-chrome
Much better. Now get the update installed:
[root@airtuxi ~]# dnf update
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:36 ago on Wed 05 Dec 2018 09:55:19 PM CET.
Dependencies resolved.
====================================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
====================================================================================================================
Upgrading:
google-chrome-stable x86_64 71.0.3578.80-1 google-chrome 54 M
Installing dependencies:
liberation-fonts noarch 1:2.00.3-1.fc29 fedora 7.8 k
Transaction Summary
====================================================================================================================
Install 1 Package
Upgrade 1 Package
Total download size: 54 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): liberation-fonts-2.00.3-1.fc29.noarch.rpm 6.8 kB/s | 7.8 kB 00:01
(2/2): google-chrome-stable-71.0.3578.80-1.x86_64.rpm 4.0 MB/s | 54 MB 00:13
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Total 2.6 MB/s | 54 MB 00:20
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : liberation-fonts-1:2.00.3-1.fc29.noarch 1/3
Running scriptlet: google-chrome-stable-71.0.3578.80-1.x86_64 2/3
Upgrading : google-chrome-stable-71.0.3578.80-1.x86_64 2/3
Running scriptlet: google-chrome-stable-71.0.3578.80-1.x86_64 2/3
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl start atd.service
Running scriptlet: google-chrome-stable-66.0.3359.139-1.x86_64 3/3
Cleanup : google-chrome-stable-66.0.3359.139-1.x86_64 3/3
Running scriptlet: google-chrome-stable-66.0.3359.139-1.x86_64 3/3
Verifying : liberation-fonts-1:2.00.3-1.fc29.noarch 1/3
Verifying : google-chrome-stable-71.0.3578.80-1.x86_64 2/3
Verifying : google-chrome-stable-66.0.3359.139-1.x86_64 3/3
Upgraded:
google-chrome-stable-71.0.3578.80-1.x86_64
Installed:
liberation-fonts-1:2.00.3-1.fc29.noarch
Complete!
[root@airtuxi ~]#