flashplugin-nonfree not installing correctly in Gutsy

[wolfen69]

after installing ubuntu-restricted-extras, flash does not work in firefox or opera. this has been repeated twice on 2 different computers.

[Barry K. Nathan (barryn)]

barryn@sempron:~$ sudo aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  flashplugin-nonfree
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/18.1kB of archives. After unpacking 160kB will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package flashplugin-nonfree.
(Reading database ... 94405 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking flashplugin-nonfree (from .../flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12_i386.deb) ...
Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12) ...
Downloading...
--09:57:31-- http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
           => `./install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz'
Resolving fpdownload.macromedia.com... 72.247.202.70
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com|72.247.202.70|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3,036,127 (2.9M) [application/x-gzip]

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[Barry K. Nathan (barryn)]

Ok, I'll try again with a brutally edited version of my previous comment:

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09:57:34 (1.03 MB/s) - `./install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz' saved [3036127/3036127]

Download done.
md5sum mismatch install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
The Flash plugin is NOT installed.

Reading package lists... Done
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barryn@sempron:~$

My first thought, off the top of my head, is that there was recently a new release of the Flash plugin. The flashplugin-nonfree package needs to be updated either (a) to specifically download the older Flash plugin, if that is possible, or (b) for the new Flash release.

[Greg Grossmeier (greg.grossmeier)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. I have classified this bug as a bug in flashplugin-nonfree.

[Dara Adib (daradib)]

Marking as duplicate of bug 173890.