Ubuntu
flashplugin-nonfree package

Unable to install - wget unable to go through proxy as standard user

Bug #617746 reported by Andre Rossouw
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

I experienced the problem with flashpugin-installer - but am sure it is related to wget. Not sure where to file that bug.
Error only occurs when behind a proxy. All other programs function as expected behind proxy

Using ubuntu 10.04, kernel 2.6.32-24-generic i686
wget version: 1.12-1.1ubuntu2
flashplugin-installer version: 10.1.82.76ubuntu0.10.04.2
environment variables set to: http_proxy=server:port

When doing upgrade or installing:
# sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer
the packages install as expected. When flashplugin-installer then tries to fetch the files from the canonical site - wget never initiates the proxy connection.
Flashplugin-installer fails, and the user is left without flash.

Workaround is to run as root:
# sudo su -
$ export http_proxy=server:port
$ apt-get remove flashplugin-installer
$ apt-get install flashplugin-installer

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Andrey Bondarenko (abone) wrote :

You can also edit /etc/wgetrc and set there following variables:
http_proxy = server:port
ftp_proxy = server:port

Then reinstall flashplugin installer with:
sudo apt-get install --reinstall flashplugin-installer

This solution will help you during further upgrades. You will avoid further manual setting of environment variables and reinstall plugin as root.

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