I can confirm what Matt said. Behind a corporate firewall I get:
Setting up flashplugin-installer (10.1.53.64ubuntu0.10.04.1) ... Downloading... --2010-06-15 07:56:02-- http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_10.1.53.64.orig.tar.gz Resolving archive.canonical.com... 91.189.88.33 Connecting to archive.canonical.com|91.189.88.33|:80... failed: Connection refused. download failed The Flash plugin is NOT installed.
Yet from the same console:
kieran@tyrid:~/Work/DMRDigitalTransceiver$ wget http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_10.1.53.64.orig.tar.gz --2010-06-15 07:54:02-- http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_10.1.53.64.orig.tar.gz Connecting to 202.37.97.11:3128... connected. Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 4739416 (4.5M) [application/x-gzip] Saving to: `adobe-flashplugin_10.1.53.64.orig.tar.gz'
100%[===================================================================>] 4,739,416 109K/s in 44s
2010-06-15 07:54:47 (106 KB/s) - `adobe-flashplugin_10.1.53.64.orig.tar.gz' saved [4739416/4739416]
I can confirm what Matt said. Behind a corporate firewall I get:
Setting up flashplugin- installer (10.1.53. 64ubuntu0. 10.04.1) ... archive. canonical. com/pool/ partner/ a/adobe- flashplugin/ adobe-flashplug in_10.1. 53.64.orig. tar.gz canonical. com... 91.189.88.33 canonical. com|91. 189.88. 33|:80. .. failed: Connection refused.
Downloading...
--2010-06-15 07:56:02-- http://
Resolving archive.
Connecting to archive.
download failed
The Flash plugin is NOT installed.
Yet from the same console:
kieran@ tyrid:~ /Work/DMRDigita lTransceiver$ wget http:// archive. canonical. com/pool/ partner/ a/adobe- flashplugin/ adobe-flashplug in_10.1. 53.64.orig. tar.gz archive. canonical. com/pool/ partner/ a/adobe- flashplugin/ adobe-flashplug in_10.1. 53.64.orig. tar.gz 97.11:3128. .. connected. x-gzip] flashplugin_ 10.1.53. 64.orig. tar.gz'
--2010-06-15 07:54:02-- http://
Connecting to 202.37.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 4739416 (4.5M) [application/
Saving to: `adobe-
100%[== ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ==>] 4,739,416 109K/s in 44s
2010-06-15 07:54:47 (106 KB/s) - `adobe- flashplugin_ 10.1.53. 64.orig. tar.gz' saved [4739416/4739416]