Comment 67 for bug 429841

John Smith: excellent, many thanks, that worked.

Robert Flaspoler: that didn't work for me either. I still got "dpkg: need an action option". Not sure why it works for everyone else and not me.

Anyone official: This bug seems to have been around a while; it would be really nice if this page
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LucidUpgrades#Upgrade%20from%208.04%20LTS%20to%2010.04%20LTS
said "first uninstall flashplayer-nonfree, then do the following, then reinstall it".
(Ktksbai.)