On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Narayanan Kurur <[email protected]> wrote:
> I upgraded to ubuntu 10.04 using the ubuntu-10.04-alternate-i386.iso > available in the institute repository and ever since my system > complains that the package adobe-flashplugin is broken. > > Attempting to remove the broken package with synaptic returns the > following error: > E: adobe-flashplugin: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned > error exit status 2. > > I also tried "sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq adobe- > flashplugin" from the cli, which returned this > update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin. > update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin. > dpkg: error processing adobe-flashplugin (--remove): > subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 > postinst called with argument `abort-remove' > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit > status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > adobe-flashplugin > > Any solutions? > If it is for watching online videos, 1. Download *libflashplayer.so*. 2. Copy to */usr/lib/mozilla/plugins*. > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > -- Varsha Jaikumar Computer Science & Engineering (3rd Year) National Institute of Technology Durgapur Blog: http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/ -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
