I'd start with: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -f install sudo apt-get install aptitude sudo aptitude safe-upgrade sudo aptitude install flashplugin-installer
see if aptitude helps you out on those held packages... On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 5:24 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Xubuntu 14.04.1 my browser of choice is Firefox. Lately I have been > having problems with Flash content on webpages. At the moment Youtube > will not play, nor will anything else. I also have Chrome and Opera > installed, and neither of them will display Flash content. This always > used to work, so I am trying to figure out what has gone wrong. > > In particular I am trying to view the Flash on the following URL: > > https://portlandstate.qualtrics.com//SE/?SID=SV_9LHSxbSmVeNMgwR > > Synaptic says that flashplugin-installer is installed. I tried > reinstalling it, but got the following error messages: > > E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be > caused by held packages. > E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be > caused by held packages. > E: Unable to correct dependencies > E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be > caused by held packages. > E: Unable to correct dependencies > E: Unable to lock the download directory > > I also tried it with Dolphin and Chrome on my Android phone, and can't > get the video to play there either. > > Any suggestions? > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
