flash plugin 11.2.202.243ubuntu0.10.04.1 tar.gz file missing

[Colin Sauze]

I just tried to update (using apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade) a system running Lucid 10.04.1 and the flash plugin has failed to update. Its try to download http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.243.orig.tar.gz, but this doesn't exist.

error output from apt-get:

Unpacking flashplugin-nonfree (from .../flashplugin-nonfree_11.2.202.243ubuntu0.10.04.1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up flashplugin-installer (11.2.202.243ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...
Downloading...
--2012-10-10 00:05:01-- http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.243.orig.tar.gz
Resolving archive.canonical.com... 91.189.92.191, 91.189.92.150
Connecting to archive.canonical.com|91.189.92.191|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2012-10-10 00:05:01 ERROR 404: Not Found.

download failed
The Flash plugin is NOT installed.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[helpdeskdan (helpdeskdan-gmail)]

I downloaded it and did sudo /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/install_plugin /tmp/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.243.orig.tar.gz

[Simon Hellinger (simon-hellinger-deactivatedaccount)]

@helpdeskdan: Sorry for being stupid, but where did you download it from?

[Simon Blandford (home-simonb)]

I just found it here...
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/adobe-flashplugin/11.2.202.243-0quantal1

[seba (5-admin-starepro-info)]

"Simon Hellinger (simon-hellinger) wrote 16 minutes ago:
@helpdeskdan: Sorry for being stupid, but where did you download it from?
"

I download successfully from here:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/adobe-flashplugin/11.2.202.243-0quantal1

[the-unconventional (the-unconventional-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

In order to get it working again, paste the following in your terminal and press Enter:

cd /tmp && wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/partner/+files/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.243.orig.tar.gz && sudo /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/install_plugin /tmp/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.243.orig.tar.gz

This will download the tarball from Launchpad (as shown in the previous comments), put it in the /tmp folder and install it afterwards. Basically, it will do what flashplugin-installer does. You might have to restart your browser(s) afterwards.

I don't really understand why the regular process hangs, because clicking the download link from the terminal (the tarball it never seems to download), does result in my browser being able to access the link without any problems.

[the-unconventional (the-unconventional-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

It seems to be fixed at this point. Can anyone confirm?

[Colin Sauze (colinsauze)]

Just tried on another machine and it seems to work, I will try again on the machine that I originally noticed it on later today.

[Walter Garcia-Fontes (walter-garcia)]

This seems related to machines behind a proxy, and the proxy not being well detected. That's why "wget" works, but "dpkg" does not seem able to detect the proxy to download the file. Anybody can confirm that this is only seen on machines behind a proxy?