package flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.246.0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.

[Adrian Coleman]

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

I tried to log onto PowerSchool.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.246.0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
AptOrdering:
 flashplugin-nonfree: Remove
 adobe-flashplugin: Install
 adobe-flashplugin: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Sep 5 13:14:34 2010
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Log started: 2010-09-05 13:14:34
 dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--remove):
  Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
  reinstall it before attempting a removal.
ErrorMessage: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: package flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.246.0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.

[Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[dino99 (9d9)]

That distro have reached EOL since a while; and such problem has been resolved long time ago.