OH oops! I appear to have accidentally written "flashplugin-downloader" sometimes instead of "flashplugin-installer" I never intended to write downloader.
** Package changed: update-notifier (Ubuntu) => flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to flashplugin-nonfree in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1055626 Title: flashplugin-installer downloads wrong tar.gz file (12.04) Status in “flashplugin-nonfree” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: What I did: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y install flashplugin-installer What I expected to happen: Succcesful install of flashplugin What happened instead: A window pops up telling me "Failure to download extra data files". I can re-try the download. Flash plugin install is unsuccesfull. Solution: The problem lies in the file "/usr/share/package-data-downloads/flashplugin-installer", part of the flashplugin-downloader package. The line "Url: http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.233.orig.tar.gz"; should read "Url: http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.238.orig.tar.gz"; ie the last digit of the flash version number has been changed from '3' to '8'. Workaround: sudo apt-get -y install flashplugin-downloader #Wait for the "Failure to download extra data files" message to pop up. #Click close. wget http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.238.orig.tar.gz sudo /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/install_plugin `pwd`/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.238.orig.tar.gz My System Info: $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Release: 12.04 $ apt-cache policy flashplugin-installer flashplugin-installer: Installed: 11.2.202.233ubuntu2 Candidate: 11.2.202.233ubuntu2 Version table: *** 11.2.202.233ubuntu2 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/multiverse amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/1055626/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
