Ubuntu
flashplugin-nonfree package

package flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.124.0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:

Bug #231940 reported by Daniel Bair on 2008-05-19

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #231939: package update-manager 1:0.87.27 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1). Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

package flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.124.0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon May 19 09:54:07 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage:
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.124.0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: package flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.124.0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.22-14-generic x86_64

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Daniel Bair (danielbair) wrote on 2008-05-19:

Dependencies.txt Edit (2.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz Edit (20.9 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz Edit (59.2 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz Edit (11.0 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog.gz Edit (57.9 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) wrote on 2008-08-01:

That's because flashplugin-nonfree fails to install with the following error:

Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (9.0.124.0ubuntu2) ...
Installing from local file /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
Flash Plugin installed.
nspluginwrapper: no appropriate viewer found for /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1