Public bug reported: The following command silently fails to install the adobe flash plugin.
$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall flashplugin-installer Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/8408 B of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 167772 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.233ubuntu2 (using .../flashplugin-installer_11.2.202.233ubuntu2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement flashplugin-installer ... Processing triggers for update-notifier-common ... flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.233.orig.tar.gz Setting up flashplugin-installer (11.2.202.233ubuntu2) ... If I use wget to try and download adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.233.orig.tar.gz I get a 404 error. ** Affects: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1026858 Title: flashplugin-installer can't find adobe- flashplugin_11.2.202.233.orig.tar.gz To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/1026858/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs