package flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.15.3ubuntu1~intrepid1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Bashar]

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

root@X300:~# sudo apt-get install nspluginwrapper flashplugin-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
nspluginwrapper is already the newest version.
Suggested packages:
  firefox konqueror-nsplugins msttcorefonts ttf-xfree86-nonfree xfs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  flashplugin-nonfree
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 19.3kB of archives.
After this operation, 168kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://kw.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.15.3ubuntu1~intrepid1 [19.3kB]
Fetched 19.3kB in 3s (5923B/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package flashplugin-nonfree.
(Reading database ... 103762 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking flashplugin-nonfree (from .../flashplugin-nonfree_10.0.15.3ubuntu1~intrepid1_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (10.0.15.3ubuntu1~intrepid1) ...
Downloading...
--2008-12-26 02:34:17-- http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz
Resolving fpdownload.macromedia.com... 92.122.2.70
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com|92.122.2.70|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3962157 (3.8M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: `./install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz'

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2008-12-26 02:35:25 (57.5 KB/s) - `./install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz' saved [3962157/3962157]

Download done.
Flash Plugin installed.
*** NSPlugin Viewer *** ERROR: /usr/lib32/libnss3.so: file too short
nspluginwrapper: no appropriate viewer found for /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 flashplugin-nonfree
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Linux X300 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 22:15:32 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.15.3ubuntu1~intrepid1
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: package flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.15.3ubuntu1~intrepid1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic x86_64

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Please remove and reinstall ia32-libs.

[Scott Ritchie (scottritchie)]

Hi, I'm closing this bug because I can't reproduce it. I believe Daniel's suggestion should also fix it if it's still broken for you.