flashplugin-nonfree never installs plugin due to md5sum mismatch
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree
Adobe updated their linux version of flash player but the filename is the same. This causes the script to download and install it to fail the md5sum.
Here is the full output on a gutsy system for flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.31.0.4ubuntu2:
$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
Password for [jeff]:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
guidance-backends
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
Suggested packages:
konqueror-
The following NEW packages will be installed:
flashplugin-
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/16.8kB of archives.
After unpacking 139kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package flashplugin-
(Reading database ... 123177 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking flashplugin-nonfree (from .../flashplugin
Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (9.0.31.0.4ubuntu2) ...
Downloading...
--00:15:02-- http://
=> `./install_
Resolving fpdownload.
Connecting to fpdownload.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 2,608,602 (2.5M) [application/
0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 1% 500.77 KB/s
50K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 3% 619.13 KB/s
100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 5% 633.51 KB/s
150K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 7% 604.05 KB/s
200K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 9% 618.14 KB/s
250K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 11% 619.76 KB/s
300K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 13% 633.98 KB/s
350K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 15% 618.34 KB/s
400K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 17% 602.95 KB/s
450K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 19% 620.07 KB/s
500K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 21% 634.45 KB/s
550K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 23% 618.40 KB/s
600K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 25% 619.17 KB/s
650K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 27% 618.31 KB/s
700K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 29% 618.79 KB/s
750K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 31% 619.01 KB/s
800K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 33% 618.64 KB/s
850K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 35% 618.28 KB/s
900K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 37% 603.23 KB/s
950K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 39% 620.12 KB/s
1000K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 41% 633.59 KB/s
1050K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 43% 618.89 KB/s
1100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 45% 618.87 KB/s
1150K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 47% 604.11 KB/s
1200K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 49% 617.90 KB/s
1250K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 51% 619.68 KB/s
1300K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 52% 632.20 KB/s
1350K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 54% 619.51 KB/s
1400K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 56% 603.07 KB/s
1450K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 58% 620.43 KB/s
1500K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 60% 618.76 KB/s
1550K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 62% 634.66 KB/s
1600K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 64% 615.98 KB/s
1650K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 66% 260.46 KB/s
1700K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 68% 80.18 MB/s
1750K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 70% 516.15 KB/s
1800K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 72% 619.08 KB/s
1850K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 74% 633.76 KB/s
1900K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 76% 619.44 KB/s
1950K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 78% 580.42 KB/s
2000K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 80% 661.93 KB/s
2050K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 82% 619.04 KB/s
2100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 84% 633.24 KB/s
2150K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 86% 604.47 KB/s
2200K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 88% 589.01 KB/s
2250K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 90% 669.19 KB/s
2300K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 92% 634.45 KB/s
2350K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 94% 476.43 KB/s
2400K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 96% 869.77 KB/s
2450K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 98% 624.65 KB/s
2500K .......... .......... .......... .......... ....... 100% 631.60 KB/s
00:15:06 (610.30 KB/s) - `./install_
Download done.
md5sum mismatch install_
The Flash plugin is NOT installed.
I can confirm this on Gutsy when trying to install 9.0.48.0.0ubuntu1 on 07-14-2007.