adobe-flashplugin unmet dependencies preventing any updates or upgrades

Bug #1007885 reported by geckopelli
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Bug Description

This may be related to bug 582055...

auto updates to Ubuntu 11.10 have resulted in a problem with firefox or adobe-flashplugin unmet dependencies that prevent any further updates or upgrades to 12.04...

~$ uname -a
Linux dell-laptop 3.0.0-20-generic #34-Ubuntu SMP Tue May 1 17:28:21 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10

~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
firefox : Breaks: adobe-flashplugin (<= 11.1.102.63-0oneiric1) but 10.0.12.36-1hardy1 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

grm@dell-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
adobe-flashplugin
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 10.1 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 551094 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing adobe-flashplugin ...
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
dpkg: error processing adobe-flashplugin (--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:
adobe-flashplugin
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

:~$ sudo apt-get remove adobe-flashplugin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
adobe-flashplugin
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 10.1 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 551094 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing adobe-flashplugin ...
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
dpkg: error processing adobe-flashplugin (--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:
adobe-flashplugin
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

~$ sudo apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: 12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
  Candidate: 12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
  Version table:
 *** 12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-security/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages

~$ sudo apt-cache policy adobe-flashplugin
adobe-flashplugin:
  Installed: 10.0.12.36-1hardy1
  Candidate: 10.0.12.36-1hardy1
  Version table:
 *** 10.0.12.36-1hardy1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: firefox 12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-20.34-generic 3.0.30
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-20-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 2/2
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
   Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: grm 1785 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20120423123513
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6afc000 irq 47'
   Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD71B7X'
   Components : 'HDA:111d76b2,102802aa,00100302'
   Controls : 24
   Simple ctrls : 15
Channel: release
Date: Sat Jun 2 11:29:53 2012
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth1 proto static
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth1 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.223 metric 2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=12.0/20120423123513 (Running)
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-06-02 (0 days ago)
WifiSyslog: Jun 2 11:05:31 dell-laptop wpa_supplicant[1081]: WPA: Group rekeying completed with 00:23:12:fb:d8:ff [GTK=TKIP]
WpaSupplicantLog:

dmi.bios.date: 05/13/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A07
dmi.board.name: 0G848F
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd05/13/2009:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1545:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0G848F:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1545
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

Revision history for this message
geckopelli (geckopelli) wrote :
Sam_ (and-sam)
affects: ubuntu → flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)
Mathew Hodson (mhodson)
affects: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) → adobe-flashplugin (Ubuntu)
Revision history for this message
dino99 (9d9) wrote :

This version is no more supported and is not a 'security' problem; so does not expect a backport

Changed in adobe-flashplugin (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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