package flashplugin-installer 10.0.22.87ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Andrew M.]

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

Pretty fresh install of Jaunty on amd64. Tried to install flashplugin-installer, failed as follows:

Log started: 2009-04-21 22:09:03
Setting up flashplugin-installer (10.0.22.87ubuntu2) ...
Downloading...
--2009-04-21 22:09:04-- http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_10.0.22.87.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: 3968445 (3.8M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: `./adobe-flashplugin_10.0.22.87.orig.tar.gz'

     0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 1% 85.1K 45s
  3850K .......... .......... ..... 100% 147K=22s

2009-04-21 22:09:26 (177 KB/s) - `./adobe-flashplugin_10.0.22.87.orig.tar.gz' saved [3968445/3968445]

Download done.
Flash Plugin installed.
nspluginwrapper: no appropriate viewer found for /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-installer (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of flashplugin-nonfree:
 flashplugin-nonfree depends on flashplugin-installer; however:
  Package flashplugin-installer is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 flashplugin-installer
 flashplugin-nonfree
Log ended: 2009-04-21 22:09:27

jeffinur@mine-linux:/var/log/apt$ apt-cache policy flashplugin-installer
flashplugin-installer:
  Installed: 10.0.22.87ubuntu2
  Candidate: 10.0.22.87ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 10.0.22.87ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: flashplugin-installer 10.0.22.87ubuntu2
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: package flashplugin-installer 10.0.22.87ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.29.1 x86_64

[Andrew M. (ender-neo)]

realized that the problem was a custom kernel. x86 executable support was not compiled in.