[has patch] flashplugin-nonfree does not install

[Ryan Zeigler]

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

The flashplugin-nonfree package does not install properly. Everything functions correctly with no errors during the installation, however, konqueror's scan for plugins finds no plugin and running

#sudo update-flashplugin

yields the following output:

automatic installation failed due to network problems or upstream changes

[Javier Sixto (javyyer)]

I get the same problem on first install since today. Download seems to be broken. I managed to install the plugin getting the tar.gz from macromedia and using "sudo dpkg-reconfigure flashplugin-nonfree" pointing to local directory contening flash compressed file.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

This is due to network problems as confirmed by multiple users of the flashplugin-nonfree source package in freenode/#ubuntu over the past several months.

[towsonu2003 (towsonu2003)]

reopening as others (and myself) are still experiencing this. pls see dupe.

[Ben Blout (bdb-new)]

I did a fresh install of dapper today, installing the package
version 7.063.3ubuntu, the current Dapper version
Same symptoms exactly as the original bug report.

Why is this bug marked Importance Low and uncomfirmed
at this point! Possibly now related to bug 60256 as well.
If you didn't know, this version of flash has a security update.
The security update is in backports, but *not* in -security
or multivers.

[Bart Martens (bartm)]

If you're using Dapper, have you tried the version in dapper-backports?
http://packages.ubuntu.com/flashplugin-nonfree

Version 7.0.63.3ubuntu3 should be removed. It's only suitable for testing launchpad. :)

[towsonu2003 (towsonu2003)]

see https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/62060/comments/5 for patch (I apologize from the bug subscribers for the repetition)

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Fixed in Feisty.