*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675
I just got this on a new 16.04.3 install. Flash version 28.0.0.161. I
tried reinstalling it after the above workaround (theres a fi missing at
the end). It still prints the error message, but the new version of
flash appears to be installed and working anyway. This bug is a bit
stale now.
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Title:
flashplugin-installer: Can't drop priviledges for downloading as file
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Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
Confirmed
Status in flashplugin-nonfree package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
flashplugin-installer: downloading
http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_20160616.1.orig.tar.gz
Get:1
http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_20160616.1.orig.tar.gz
[27,1 MB]
Fetched 27,1 MB in 8s (3.125 kB/s)
W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file
'/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/adobe-flashplugin_20160616.1.orig.tar.gz'
couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
Installing from local file
/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/adobe-flashplugin_20160616.1.orig.tar.gz
Flash Plugin installed.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.626ubuntu0.16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-24.43-generic 4.4.10
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Jun 17 09:50:33 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-26 (51 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20160420.1)
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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