package flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.12.10ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Terminated)

[Russ Kelly]

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

The post install script for flash fails because I am behind a proxy server that requires authentication. When the script tries to wget the flash install the proxy environment does not seem to be correctly passed to the installer. I have my proxy properly configured under 'Network Proxy' as well as Synaptic.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Terminated)
Package: flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.12.10ubuntu1
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: package flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.12.10ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Terminated)
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-6-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

The error is:
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--2008-10-09 08:20:22-- http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_install_linux_091508.tar.gz
Resolving download.macromedia.com... 96.7.131.191
Connecting to download.macromedia.com|96.7.131.191|:80... failed: Connection timed out.
Retrying.

--2008-10-09 08:23:32-- (try: 2) http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_install_linux_091508.tar.gz
Connecting to download.macromedia.com|96.7.131.191|:80... failed: Connection timed out.
Retrying.

--2008-10-09 08:26:43-- (try: 3) http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_install_linux_091508.tar.gz
Connecting to download.macromedia.com|96.7.131.191|:80... failed: Connection timed out.
Retrying.

--2008-10-09 08:29:55-- (try: 4) http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_install_linux_091508.tar.gz
Connecting to download.macromedia.com|96.7.131.191|:80... failed: Connection timed out.
Retrying.

--2008-10-09 08:33:08-- (try: 5) http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_install_linux_091508.tar.gz
Connecting to download.macromedia.com|96.7.131.191|:80... dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Terminated)
=====

The installation has failed because it can't download flash from the remote server.
Are you behind a proxy ?
Is your proxy correctly configured ?

Thanks.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

[midnightflash (midnightflash)]

Got the same problem, but even without authentication:

Richte flashplugin-nonfree ein (10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1+really9.0.124.0ubuntu2) ...
Downloading...
--14:38:37-- http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
           => `./install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz'
Auflösen des Hostnamen »fpdownload.macromedia.com«.... 84.53.166.70
Verbindungsaufbau zu fpdownload.macromedia.com|84.53.166.70|:80... fehlgeschlagen: Connection timed out.
Erneuter Versuch.

--14:41:47-- http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
  (Versuch: 2) => `./install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz'
Verbindungsaufbau zu fpdownload.macromedia.com|84.53.166.70|:80... fehlgeschlagen: Connection timed out.
Erneuter Versuch.

--14:44:58-- http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
  (Versuch: 3) => `./install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz'
Verbindungsaufbau zu fpdownload.macromedia.com|84.53.166.70|:80... fehlgeschlagen: Connection timed out.
Erneuter Versuch.

--14:48:10-- http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
  (Versuch: 4) => `./install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz'
Verbindungsaufbau zu fpdownload.macromedia.com|84.53.166.70|:80...

What informations do you need?