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flashplugin-nonfree package

package flashplugin-installer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)

Bug #475573 reported by Mark Cahill
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flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

package retrieval hung. was forced to interrupt.

ProblemType: Package
AptOrdering:
 nspluginwrapper: Install
 flashplugin-installer: Install
 nspluginwrapper: Configure
 flashplugin-installer: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Nov 5 11:30:09 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: flashplugin-installer (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: package flashplugin-installer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

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Mark Cahill (tiemonster) wrote :
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Benji (benjaminhardy81) wrote :

I can confirm that the flashplugin-installer hangs while downloading from the partner repository (http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/)
The installer hangs at random states, sometimes even at 99% most annoyingly. I've had this issue with different versions of Ubuntu, and am currently having this issue with Karmic.

"Errors were encountered while processing:
  flashplugin-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up flashplugin-installer (10.0.32.18ubuntu1) ...
Downloading...
--2009-11-13 10:09:51-- http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/abode-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_10.0.32.18.orig.tar.gz
Resolving archive.canonical.com... 91.189.90.142
Connecting to archive.canonical.com|91.189.90.142|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 4023856 (3.8M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: './adobe-flashplugin_10.0.32.18.orig.tar.gz'

        0K ........... .......... .......... .......... .......... 1% 53.2K 73s
      50K ........... .......... .......... .......... .......... 2% 60.6K 68s"

In the past I just kept trying until the download finished, usually after quite a few tries, I've tried 5 times so far.

I'm wondering if this is a bug, or just a problem with any kind of connection interruptions that hang the installer. Apt-get/synaptic is usually more reliable for resuming and finishing downloads even if it was interrupted for a few minutes. The flash-plugin installer hangs indefinately.

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suniyo (suniyo) wrote :

I have tried this atleast 10 times it doesn't work.

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 463517, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

Changed in flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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