package flashplugin-installer 10.1.53.64ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Anders Kaseorg]

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

Setting up flashplugin-installer (10.1.53.64ubuntu1) ...
Downloading...
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Download done.
Flash Plugin installed.
nspluginwrapper: no appropriate viewer found for /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-installer (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: flashplugin-installer 10.1.53.64ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-7.11-generic 2.6.35-rc4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-7-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: openafs wl
AptOrdering: flashplugin-installer: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jul 8 19:57:48 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release Candidate amd64 (20091020.3)
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: package flashplugin-installer 10.1.53.64ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[alaperrot (alaperrot)]

Are you using the Xorg edgers PPA ?

I also had this issue yesterday caused by the ia32-libs package provided by this PPA.
Running nspluginwrapper manually shows that the 32-bit version of the libxcb-shm.so.0 is missing.

Reverting to the ia32-libs package from Ubuntu repositories solved the issue for me.

[Rico Tzschichholz (ricotz)]

This is only affecting xorg-edgers ppa users. An updated package is on its way.

[JC Hulce (soaringsky)]

This bug has been marked as Fix Committed for over a year. If the fix has made it into Ubuntu, please mark this bug as Fix Released. If the fix has been released upstream, but not Ubuntu, create a new bug asking for the new version and tag it with upgrade-software-version. If this bug has not been fixed anywhere, change the status back to Confirmed.

[dino99 (9d9)]

That distro have reached EOL since a while; and such problem has been resolved long ago.