A segmentation fault in the nspluginwrapper install process (throwing a exit status 139) on 64bit ubuntu 9.04 jaunty jackalope is preventing the installation of the shockwave flash plugin.
Upgrading from Intrepid to Jaunty, got errors concerning the following packages: nspluginwrapper flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree I ran " sudo aptitude purge nspluginwrapper flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree" and tried re-loading with "sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree" and got this error message: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done flashplugin-nonfree is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. 3 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up nspluginwrapper (1.2.2-0ubuntu5) ... plugin dirs: :/var/lib/flashplugin-installer/ Auto-update plugins from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins Looking for plugins in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins Auto-update plugins from /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins Looking for plugins in /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins Auto-update plugins from /usr/lib/firefox/plugins Looking for plugins in /usr/lib/firefox/plugins Segmentation fault dpkg: error processing nspluginwrapper (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of flashplugin-installer: flashplugin-installer depends on nspluginwrapper (>= 0.9.91.4-2ubuntu1); however: Package nspluginwrapper is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing flashplugin-installer (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of flashplugin-nonfree: flashplugin-nonfree depends on flashplugin-installer; however: Package flashplugin-installer is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. Errors were encountered while processing: nspluginwrapper flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I tried to manually configure with "sudo dpkg --configure nspluginwrapper" and got: Setting up nspluginwrapper (1.2.2-0ubuntu5) ... plugin dirs: :/var/lib/flashplugin-installer/ Auto-update plugins from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins Looking for plugins in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins Auto-update plugins from /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins Looking for plugins in /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins Auto-update plugins from /usr/lib/firefox/plugins Looking for plugins in /usr/lib/firefox/plugins Segmentation fault dpkg: error processing nspluginwrapper (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Errors were encountered while processing: nspluginwrapper -- package nspluginwrapper 1.2.2-0ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363799 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs