This is also affecting trusty flashplugin-installer=11.2.202.332ubuntu1 ========================================== Workaround: Set a local file in debconf
$ sudo apt-get install debconf-utils $ cd /path/to/plugin/folder/ ; wget -c http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe- flashplugin_11.2.202.332.orig.tar.gz $ sudo -s # echo flashplugin-installer flashplugin-installer/local string /path/to/plugin/folder/ | debconf-set-selections # apt-get install --reinstall flashplugin-installer # exit ========================================== Diagnostic output: $ grep proxy /etc/apt/apt.conf Acquire::http::Proxy "http://user:pass@proxy1:3128";; $ grep proxy /etc/environment http_proxy=http://user:pass@proxy1:3128 https_proxy=http://user:pass@proxy1:3128 export http_proxy https_proxy $ grep proxy /etc/wgetrc http_proxy = http://user:pass@proxy1:3128/ https_proxy = http://user:pass@proxy1:3128/ # If you do not want to use proxy at all, set this to off. use_proxy = on $ sudo grep proxy -B1 /etc/sudoers Defaults env_reset Defaults env_keep="http_proxy" $ sudo echo $http_proxy http://user:pass@proxy1:3128 $ wget -c http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.332.orig.tar.gz --2013-12-16 14:53:37-- http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.332.orig.tar.gz Resolving proxy1 (proxy1)... 10.10.3.137 Connecting to proxy1 (proxy1)|10.10.3.137|:3128... connected. Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 14136904 (13M) [application/x-gzip] Saving to: 'adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.332.orig.tar.gz’ 100%[======================================================================>] 14,136,904 504KB/s in 20s 2013-12-16 14:53:58 (700 KB/s) - 'adobe- flashplugin_11.2.202.332.orig.tar.gz’ saved [14136904/14136904] $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall flashplugin-nonfree Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'flashplugin-installer' instead of 'flashplugin-nonfree' 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/6,832 B of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 241937 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.332ubuntu1 (using .../flashplugin-installer_11.2.202.332ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement flashplugin-installer ... Processing triggers for update-notifier-common ... flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.332.orig.tar.gz Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 235, in process_download_requests dest_file = urllib.urlretrieve(files[i])[0] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 94, in urlretrieve return _urlopener.retrieve(url, filename, reporthook, data) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 240, in retrieve fp = self.open(url, data) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 208, in open return getattr(self, name)(url) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 345, in open_http h.endheaders(data) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 969, in endheaders self._send_output(message_body) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 829, in _send_output self.send(msg) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 791, in send self.connect() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 772, in connect self.timeout, self.source_address) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 553, in create_connection for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM): IOError: [Errno socket error] [Errno -2] Name or service not known Setting up flashplugin-installer (11.2.202.332ubuntu1) ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1037662 Title: cannot install flash proxy settings are not onored by package To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/1037662/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
