package adobe-flashplugin 10.0.32.18-1jaunty1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2

[Abu Yusuf]

Binary package hint: adobe-flashplugin

that happened when the update process begin to install updates

i haven't done any thing, only installing updates available

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 23 16:15:03 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: adobe-flashplugin 10.0.32.18-1jaunty1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: adobe-flashplugin
Title: package adobe-flashplugin 10.0.32.18-1jaunty1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

[Peter Clifton (pcjc2)]

Just a note, if you manually edit the /var/lib/dpkg/info/adobe-flashplugin.prerm script and comment out the "set -e" line at the top, then you can sucessfully remove adobe-flashplugin. (Then install the update).

[lhz (m-lhaza)]

problem is, that the failure of this package holds back a punch of updates (here 70) too ...

[lhz (m-lhaza)]

anyway https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/adobe-flashplugin/+bug/459124/comments/2 helped ...

[Abu Yusuf (abu-yusuf)]

When i did what Peter said, it asked me to do a partial upgrade which will upgrade about 13 packages not including adobe-flashplugin

is that what happened with you or what ?

[John H Lynch (john-h-lynch)]

correct...

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John Lynch <email address hidden>

On Sat, 2009-10-24 at 08:44 +0000, Abu Yusuf wrote:
> When i did what Peter said, it asked me to do a partial upgrade which
> will upgrade about 13 packages not including adobe-flashplugin
>
> is that what happened with you or what ?
>

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

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 412944, 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. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.