Public bug reported: When trying to install flashplugin-installer I'm getting this:
$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: flashplugin-installer : Depends: flashplugin-downloader E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. I have NO held packages: $ dpkg -l |egrep -v "^ii" Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-======================================-==========================================-============================================================================== ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: flashplugin-installer (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zcommon znvpair zavl zunicode Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Sep 4 11:59:40 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-03 (0 days ago) ** Affects: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/840867 Title: flashplugin-installer : Depends: flashplugin-downloader To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/840867/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs