Public bug reported: Ubuntu 10.04 (2.6.32-38-generic i686)
I'm running off a liveUSB - usually, I add the multiverse branch in /etc/apt/sources.list and just run apt-get update before installing Flash; however, I was on autopilot today and also ran upgrade: $ apt-get update && apt-get upgrade $ apt-get install flashplugin-installer The output as follows for installing the Flash installer package: The following packages will be REMOVED: firefox The following NEW packages will be installed: flashplugin-installer Additionally, when I attempted to bypass the wrapper package, I get a broken dependency error: $ apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree The following packages have unmet dependencies: flashplugin-nonfree: Depends: flashplugin-installer but it is not going to be installed E: Broken packages Moreover, after forcing an install of flashplugin-installer (and subsequently discovering Firefox was indeed uninstalled), a similar error happened when attempting to reinstall Firefox: $ apt-get install firefox The following packages will be REMOVED: flashplugin-installer The following NEW packages will be installed: firefox The immediate problem with this is that this also happens for Firefox's installation routine in the GUI - clicking "Install Missing Plugins" just prompts for the installation of the 'flashplugin-installer' package, which in turn uninstalls Firefox. I'm guessing this may be because of Adobe's decision to halt Linux support recently, but I also though that this will only take effect in 2015 - if so, then I'm not sure where the error is stemming from. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks! (Originally filed on Bugzilla at http://bit.ly/NbMB0l, which directed me here. If this isn't the correct place, then much apologies, and guidance towards where this may be better suited would be great.) ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: bot-comment -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1006283 Title: Flash Installer / Firefox package incompatibility To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1006283/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
