I also have this problem. I applied the patch but it did not help. It gives the error message: patching file /var/lib/dpkg/info/flashplugin-installer.prerm Hunk #1 FAILED at 27. 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file /var/lib/dpkg/info/flashplugin-installer.prerm.rej
The contents of file (/var/lib/dpkg/info/flashplugin- installer.prerm.rej) are: --- flashplugin-installer.prerm 2009-04-08 20:55:56.000000000 +0300 +++ flashplugin-installer.prerm 2009-07-22 11:17:03.625993396 +0300 @@ -27,16 +27,6 @@ rm -rf /var/cache/flashplugin-installer-unpackdir rm -rf /var/cache/flashplugin-installer - for p in $VARIANTS; do - update-alternatives --remove "$p-flashplugin" /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so; - done - for p in $VARIANTS; do - update-alternatives --remove "$p-flashplugin" /var/lib/flashplugin-installer/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so; - done - for p in $VARIANTS; do - [ `update-alternatives --list "$p-flashplugin" | wc -l` = 0 ] && \ - update-alternatives --remove-all "$p-flashplugin" - done ;; upgrade|deconfigure) update-rc.d -f flashplugin-installer remove >/dev/null 2>&1 ** Changed in: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Incomplete -- package flashplugin-installer 10.0.22.87ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/398042 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