flashplugin-installer doesn't install flash plugin

[karaluh]

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

Recent update of flashplugin-installer doesn't install the plugin:
Downloading...
--2011-03-25 11:31:24-- http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_10.2.153.1.orig.tar.gz
Translacja false... nieudane: Ta nazwa lub usługa jest nieznana.
wget: nie udało się rozwiązać adresu hosta `false'
download failed
The Flash plugin is NOT installed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: flashplugin-installer 10.2.153.1ubuntu0.10.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.49-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Mar 25 11:32:16 2011
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=pl_PL:pl:en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree

[Ignacio Vicario (ignaciovicario-ya)]

The same problem. I paste the eror in English:

Downloading...
--2011-03-27 01:28:08-- http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_10.2.153.1.orig.tar.gz
Resolving false... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve host address `false'
download failed
The Flash plugin is NOT installed.

[karaluh (karaluh)]

The reason for this issue is Acquire::http::Proxy "false"; line that was added to my /etc/apt/apt.conf file by something.

[Thomas Guyot-Sionnest (dermoth)]

It seems this apt.conf line same from old debian installs... I'm not sure if the fix should be in apt itself or the flashplugin script, but flashplugin should at least work around it by unsetting APT_PROXIES is it equals "false" in postinst, line 59.

This is a dup of Bug #409119

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Thomas Guyot-Sionnest (dermoth)]

Actually Bug #409119 is about the install succeeding regardless of the success of the plugin install, not really dup after all.

[SteBo (stebo)]

I experienced this bug on a machine that was initially installed with Kubuntu 6.06 (Dapper) and then upgraded all the way through to 11.04.

Comment #3 fixed the problem for me.

Maybe Bug #46776 caused the broken entry in apt.conf.

[dino99 (9d9)]

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