Ubuntu
adobe-flashplugin package

can't uninstall programs

Bug #889951 reported by Bryan Oliver on 2011-11-13

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #659438: Installation/Removal fails because of package which could not be located (failure in apt.Cache.required_download). Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	adobe-flashplugin (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

There seems to be a programming error in aptdaemon, the software that allows you to install/remove software and to perform other package management related tasks.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 968, in simulate
    trans.unauthenticated = self._simulate_helper(trans)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 1092, in _simulate_helper
    return depends, self._cache.required_download, \
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 235, in required_download
    pm.get_archives(fetcher, self._list, self._records)
SystemError: E:I wasn't able to locate a file for the libavdevice53 package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package.

i am using the latest version of Ubuntu 11.04

I had to remove version 10.04 a month ago, but then flash installed fine.
thank you

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2011-11-14:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 659438, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.