flashplugin-nonfree fails to remove due to update-alternatives
Bug #768331 reported by
Vladimiro Batungbakal
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #541595: [Master] package failed to install/upgrade: package is already installed and configured.
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Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Error upon update..
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: sudo 1.7.2p1-1ubuntu5.3
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-29-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Apr 21 21:09:56 2011
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: package sudo is already installed and configured
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package sudo 1.7.2p1-1ubuntu5.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package sudo is already installed and configured
The underlying problem is this one, thus reassigning to flashplugin- nonfree.
Removing flashplugin-nonfree ...
update- alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
update- alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--remove):
subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
postinst called with argument `abort-remove'
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
flashplugin- nonfree
The rest of the log is weird though, I can't make any sense of it.