I got a similar problem when upgrading a computer from kubutu hardy 8.04 to karmic 9.10 using adept. During the upgrade it said the flashplugin-non-free package failed in some way. Now, it wont' install, configure or uninstall:
$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies. flashplugin-nonfree: Depends: flashplugin-installer but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). $ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: (removed for clarity) Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages will be installed: flashplugin-nonfree Suggested packages: ttf-xfree86-nonfree xfs The following NEW packages will be installed flashplugin-installer The following packages will be upgraded: flashplugin-nonfree 1 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/21.4kB of archives. After this operation, 61.4kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--remove): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: flashplugin-nonfree E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure flashplugin-nonfree /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: flashplugin-nonfree is broken or not fully installed. $ sudo dpkg -r --force-all flashplugin-nonfree dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. (Reading database ... 250232 files and directories currently installed.) Removing flashplugin-nonfree ... update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin. update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin. dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--remove): subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 postinst called with argument `abort-remove' dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: flashplugin-nonfree OK, try to download and install: $ wget http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/f/flashplugin-nonfree/flashplugin-nonfree_10.0.32.18ubuntu1_i386.deb --2009-10-30 12:16:14-- http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/f/flashplugin-nonfree/flashplugin-nonfree_10.0.32.18ubuntu1_i386.deb Resolving no.archive.ubuntu.com... 129.241.93.37, 2001:700:300:1800::b Connecting to no.archive.ubuntu.com|129.241.93.37|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 1766 (1.7K) [application/x-debian-package] Saving to: `flashplugin-nonfree_10.0.32.18ubuntu1_i386.deb' 100%[====================================================================================================>] 1,766 --.-K/s in 0s 2009-10-30 12:16:15 (50.1 MB/s) - `flashplugin- nonfree_10.0.32.18ubuntu1_i386.deb' saved [1766/1766] $ sudo dpkg -i --force-all flashplugin-nonfree_10.0.32.18ubuntu1_i386.deb (Reading database ... 250233 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.246.0ubuntu1 (using flashplugin-nonfree_10.0.32.18ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin. update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin. dpkg: warning: old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree_10.0.32.18ubuntu1_i386.deb (--install): there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up postinst called with argument `abort-upgrade' dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: flashplugin-nonfree_10.0.32.18ubuntu1_i386.deb NO LUCK! Can't install, can't uninstall, can't reconfigure... -- Cannot install or remove flashplugin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/365392 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs -- universe-bugs mailing list universe-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/universe-bugs
