This was an upgrade/ The update-flashplugin repeated the failure. Purge
and reinstall appears to have gone smoothly. Does this imply that messed
up files left over from 7.0.68~ubuntu1~dapper1 were continuing to cause
problems in the fixed version?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo update-flashplugin
Password:
Downloading... done.
installation failed
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo aptitude purge flashplugin-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
flashplugin-nonfree{p}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 168kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
(Reading database ... 207484 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing flashplugin-nonfree ...
Purging configuration files for flashplugin-nonfree ...
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo aptitude --with-recommends install flashplugin-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
flashplugin-nonfree
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/15.8kB of archives. After unpacking 168kB will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package flashplugin-nonfree.
(Reading database ... 207475 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking flashplugin-nonfree (from
.../flashplugin-nonfree_7.0.68~ubuntu2~dapper1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (7.0.68~ubuntu2~dapper1) ...
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
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7.0.68~ubuntu2~dapper1: fix from #61404 fails without meaningful feedback
https://launchpad.net/bugs/61954
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