Ubuntu
flashplugin-nonfree package

  1. Bug #173890
  2. Comment #315

Comment 315 for bug 173890

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 173890] Re: flashplugin-nonfree fails to install due to md5sum mismatch

Noel J. Bergman wrote:
> Matt,
>
> Waiting is the first option. For those who don't want to wait, there is
> the DIY approach. I've done the 64-bit install multiple times
> (different systems) with no problems. YMMV.
>
> Long-term solutions are either to accept the periodic breakage, for
> Ubuntu to relax the checks (which they don't want to do) or for Adobe to
> maintain their own repository for Ubuntu, which they already do for
> Fedora. There have been many requests to Adobe to do so, although I am
> not aware of a positive response from the company.
>
> But *today* the choices are either wait for the updated package or
> install manually.
>
>
 we have the binaries now in a canonical archive and will fix the
installer package to pull stuff from there. In this way no transitional
breakage will happen anymore.