flashplugin-installer 10.0.45.2ubuntu0.9.10.1 failed to install: nspluginwrapper: no appropriate viewer found for /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so - conflict with googleearth

[Anna Jonna Armannsdottir]

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
Codename: karmic

uname -r
2.6.31-20-server

Using aptitude.

Setting up flashplugin-installer (10.0.45.2ubuntu0.9.10.1) ...
Downloading...
--2010-02-24 19:07:04-- http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_10.0.45.2.orig.tar.gz
Resolving archive.canonical.com... 91.189.88.33
Connecting to archive.canonical.com|91.189.88.33|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
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Saving to: `./adobe-flashplugin_10.0.45.2.orig.tar.gz'

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2010-02-24 19:07:24 (195 KB/s) - `./adobe-flashplugin_10.0.45.2.orig.tar.gz' saved [4028753/4028753]

Download done.
Flash Plugin installed.
nspluginwrapper: no appropriate viewer found for /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-installer (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 flashplugin-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up flashplugin-installer (10.0.45.2ubuntu0.9.10.1) ...
Downloading...
--2010-02-24 19:07:27-- http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_10.0.45.2.orig.tar.gz
Resolving archive.canonical.com... 91.189.88.33
Connecting to archive.canonical.com|91.189.88.33|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 4028753 (3.8M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: `./adobe-flashplugin_10.0.45.2.orig.tar.gz'

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2010-02-24 19:07:46 (205 KB/s) - `./adobe-flashplugin_10.0.45.2.orig.tar.gz' saved [4028753/4028753]

Download done.
Flash Plugin installed.
nspluginwrapper: no appropriate viewer found for /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-installer (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 flashplugin-installer
Press return to continue.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Feb 24 19:07:26 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: flashplugin-installer 10.0.45.2ubuntu0.9.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.57-server
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: package flashplugin-installer 10.0.45.2ubuntu0.9.10.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-server x86_64

[Anna Jonna Armannsdottir (annaj)]

Some research showed that the file was actually installed:

/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so

Manual run showed that it was actually the googleearth application that
prevented the installation.

/usr/bin/nspluginwrapper -v -v -i /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin: /usr/lib32/googleearth/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin)
nspluginwrapper: no appropriate viewer found for /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so

The issue was resolved by removing googleearth:

apt-get purge googleearth googleearth-data

After that, the issue was resolved automatically:

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2010-02-24 21:02:15 (564 KB/s) - `./adobe-flashplugin_10.0.45.2.orig.tar.gz' saved [4028753/4028753]

Download done.
Flash Plugin installed.

Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (10.0.45.2ubuntu0.9.10.1) ...

[Perfecto (perfecto)]

I think the real problem was that for any reason the library libgtk-x11 wasn't on my system though ia32-libs was installed.
See bug #577794
After solving this problem I think that googleearth will work (now it starts until it needs opengl) when I shall be able of installing the nvidia drivers, because nowadays I don't have 3D extensions.

Nowadays I have installed the 64 bits flashplugin working without problems. I downloaded it directly from
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10_64bit.html

[Gadi Cohen (gadicc)]

This post solved it for me:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9492252&postcount=5
(reinstall nspluginwrapper)

[Anna Jonna Armannsdottir (annaj)]

On Sun, 2010-08-08 at 14:23 +0000, GadiCohen wrote:
> This post solved it for me:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9492252&postcount=5
> (reinstall nspluginwrapper)
>
The first step in the above directions, is to disable the partner
repository. For those that really want to use the partner repository,
that is not an option.

For me the solution was not to install the googleearth package but to
install the googleearth build package and then build and install the
package. That was the best solution for me.

--
*´¨)
¸.·´¸.·*´¨) Kindest regards, Anna Jonna Ármannsdóttir
(¸.·´ *http://annajonna.blogspot.com/
(¸.·*´¨)

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

> Manual run showed that it was actually the googleearth application that
> prevented the installation.

> /usr/bin/nspluginwrapper -v -v -i /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
> /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin: /usr/lib32/googleearth/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin)

Then this is not a bug in flashplugin-nonfree, but in the third-party googleearth package that installed broken libraries. Closing this report, thanks!