[Hardy] flashplugin-nonfree needs libpcre.so.3 which doesn't exist on amd64?

[Chris Cheney]

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

It appears 32bit libpcre.so.3 needs to be packaged for amd64 as well for flashplugin-nonfree usage...

Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (9.0.115.0ubuntu2) ...
Installing from local file /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
Flash Plugin installed.
/usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
nspluginwrapper: no appropriate viewer found for /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 flashplugin-nonfree
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Dara Adib (daradib)]

Stanislav Sushkov has the same problem. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/176628/comments/3

[ChrisDebenham (chris-debenham)]

Re-installing ia32-libs_2.1ubuntu3_amd64.deb will work around this issue as it removes the dependancy on /usr/lib32/libpcre.so.3
This is because ia32-libs_2.2 made libpcre.so.3 a dependancy for various gtk/glib related libraries

[ChrisDebenham (chris-debenham)]

Bug is already logged as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ia32-libs/+bug/176653

[Stas Sușcov (sushkov)]

Hi,
that sounds strange, but I couldn't solve my problem just simply
reinstalling ia32-libs
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c00l2sv@a6m:~/pck/flash$ apt-cache policy ia32-libs
flashplugin-nonfree nspluginwrapper
ia32-libs:
  Installed: 2.2ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.2ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.2ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
flashplugin-nonfree:
  Installed: 9.0.115.0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 9.0.115.0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 9.0.115.0ubuntu2 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12 0
        500 http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
nspluginwrapper:
  Installed: 0.9.91.5-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.9.91.5-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.9.91.5-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
c00l2sv@a6m:~/pck/flash$ clear

c00l2sv@a6m:~/pck/flash$ apt-cache policy ia32-libs
flashplugin-nonfree nspluginwrapper
ia32-libs:
  Installed: 2.2ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.2ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.2ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
flashplugin-nonfree:
  Installed: 9.0.115.0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 9.0.115.0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 9.0.115.0ubuntu2 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12 0
        500 http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
nspluginwrapper:
  Installed: 0.9.91.5-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.9.91.5-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.9.91.5-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
c00l2sv@a6m:~/pck/flash$ nspluginwrapper -l
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so
  Original plugin: /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
  Wrapper version string: 0.9.91.5
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so
  Original plugin: /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
  Wrapper version string: 0.9.91.5
/usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so
  Original plugin: /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
  Wrapper version string: 0.9.91.5
/usr/lib64/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so
  Original plugin: /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
  Wrapper version string: 0.9.91.5
/home/c00l2sv/.mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
  Original plugin: install_flash_player_9_linux/libflashplayer.so
  Wrapper version string: 0.9.91.5
c00l2sv@a6m:~/pck/flash$
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Any ideas, howto's.

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