flashplugin-nonfree points to a non-existing file

Bug #40408 reported by Hannes Ovrén
10
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Tried to install flashplugin-nonfree but it didn't work, and Synaptic gave no errors. I looked in the Firefox plugins directory but couldn't find the plugin.
Seems like the installer tried to download a file that was no longer there. Going to Macromedias site and downloading their archive and installing it with "sudo update-flashplugin -l /path/to/directory/with/flashpplugin" solved everything.

Revision history for this message
Sami Haahtinen (ressu) wrote :

apparently macromedia removed the fpdownload.macromedia.com site. Replacing the site with download.macromedia.com does the trick.

Revision history for this message
Sami Haahtinen (ressu) wrote : Patch to fix the downloadsite

quick patch to fix the download site to a valid one.

Changed in flashplugin-nonfree:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

The above patch is reversed and incomplete. A correct, comprehensive one is in -ubuntu2.

Daniel T Chen (crimsun)
Changed in flashplugin-nonfree:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :
Changed in flashplugin-nonfree:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.