Installation fails with realpath error

[Søren Holm]

Installing pepperflash-nonfree fail with the following message

Setting up pepperflashplugin-nonfree (1.8.2+nmu1ubuntu1) ...
ERROR: failed to retrieve status information from google : E: flAbsPath on ./var/lib/dpkg/status failed - realpath (2: No such file or directory)
E: Could not open file - open (2: No such file or directory)
E: Problem opening
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
More information might be available at:
  http://wiki.debian.org/PepperFlashPlayer

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: pepperflashplugin-nonfree 1.8.2+nmu1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-9136.55-lowlatency 4.4.16
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-9136-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sun Sep 4 21:01:58 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-28 (373 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150828)
SourcePackage: pepperflashplugin-nonfree
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-09-01 (2 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Bhavani Shankar (bhavi)]

Hi Soren,

Can you try to install the updated package below and let me know if this bug still occurs?

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pepperflashplugin-nonfree/1.8.2+nmu1ubuntu1.1

Thanks

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for pepperflashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]