package flashplugin-installer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #869004 reported by Richard Logan
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Bug Description

I have attempted to install through Ubuntu Software Centre and it will not install correctly

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: flashplugin-installer (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
AptOrdering:
 adobe-flash-properties-gtk: Remove
 adobe-flashplugin: Remove
 flashplugin-installer: Install
 flashplugin-installer: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Oct 6 08:46:02 2011
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Unpacking flashplugin-installer (from .../flashplugin-installer_10.3.183.10ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ...
 Setting up flashplugin-installer (10.3.183.10ubuntu5) ...
 nspluginwrapper: /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so is not a valid NPAPI plugin
 dpkg: error processing flashplugin-installer (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
DuplicateSignature:
 Setting up flashplugin-installer (10.3.183.10ubuntu5) ...
 nspluginwrapper: /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so is not a valid NPAPI plugin
 dpkg: error processing flashplugin-installer (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: package flashplugin-installer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-05 (0 days ago)

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Richard Logan (richard-logan) wrote :
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Robert Roth (evfool) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #861584, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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