I'm having the same problem. However, instead of the flashplugin- installer, I am dealing with the adobe-flash-plugin.
Here's what happens when I try to remove "firefox": dan...@laptop:~$ sudo apt-get remove firefox Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: firefox 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/3964kB of archives. After this operation, 127kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y (Reading database ... 134121 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace adobe-flashplugin 10.0.22.87-2jaunty1 (using .../adobe-flashplugin_10.0.22.87-2jaunty1_i386.deb) ... update-alternatives: unable to make /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/firefox-flashplugin: No such file or directory dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... update-alternatives: unable to make /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/firefox-flashplugin: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/adobe-flashplugin_10.0.22.87-2jaunty1_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 postinst called with argument `abort-upgrade' dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/adobe-flashplugin_10.0.22.87-2jaunty1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) dan...@laptop:~$ -- Cannot install or remove flashplugin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/365392 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
