Comment 38 for bug 429841

Hola

I did this:

rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/flashplugin-nonfree.prerm
dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq flashplugin-nonfree
dpkg --purge --force-remove-reinstreq flashplugin-nonfree

After I went to synaptic and install flashplugin installer.

Regards,

Yannick

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Trevor Robert Gilson <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> OK I see what the problem is now. Somewhere along the way the previous
> version of Shockwave Flash (as it is still described in ADD-ONS -
> version 9.0 r152) got entombed in the installation. Can some kind person
> please post instructions about how to remove that? Otherwise the update
> simply sits in a new slot and does nothing!
>
> --
> broken packaging: package flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.22.87ubuntu1 failed to
> install/upgrade: (breaks upgrade)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/429841
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> Status in “flashplugin-nonfree” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree
>
> Upgrading 9.04 -> latest karmic.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Tue Sep 15 06:45:05 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> ErrorMessage:
> ErrorMessage: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
> reinstall it before attempting configuration.
> Package: flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.22.87ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-11.38-generic
> SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
> Title: package flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.22.87ubuntu1 failed to
> install/upgrade:
> Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
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