Since adobe-flashplugin is not part of ubuntu, you can try the brutal way : as root :
mv /var/lib/dpkg/info/adobe-flashplugin.prerm /var/lib/dpkg/info/adobe-flashplugin.prerm.bof cat > /var/lib/dpkg/info/adobe-flashplugin.prerm << EOF #!/bin/bash exit 0 EOF chmod a=rx,u+w /var/lib/dpkg/info/adobe-flashplugin.prerm apt-get remove adobe-flashplugin (open a new terminal, open a root shell with sudo -s and copy-paste the whole text) -- [ubuntu karmic] upgrade is severely broken https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459683 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
