Installation doesn't work behind a firewall: > apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Suggested packages: > msttcorefonts ttf-xfree86-nonfree xfs > Recommended packages: > libesd0-alsa libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 > The following NEW packages will be installed > flashplugin-nonfree > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 15.8kB of archives. > After unpacking 168kB of additional disk space will be used. > WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! > flashplugin-nonfree > Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y > Get: 1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/multiverse > flashplugin-nonf ree > 7.0.68~ubuntu2~dapper1 [15.8kB] Fetched 15.8kB in 0s (20.0kB/s) > Preconfiguring packages ... > Selecting previously deselected package flashplugin-nonfree. > (Reading database ... 77075 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking flashplugin-nonfree (from > .../flashplugin-nonfree_7.0.68~ubuntu2~dappe > r1_i386.deb) ... Setting up flashplugin-nonfree > (7.0.68~ubuntu2~dapper1) ... > Downloading... ++++ FAILED. > automatic installation failed due to network problems or upstream changes
The problem is that /usr/sbin/update-flashplugin invokes wget to download the real Flash player, but doesn't use the proxy setting in /etc/apt/apt.conf. The workaround is obviously to set http_proxy. -- [Dapper] Installation fails during automatic download - package apparently installs but does not work https://launchpad.net/bugs/60430 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
