package flashplugin-installer 10.3.183.10ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Wendy Symons]

I don't know what is wrong. All I did was download the Ubuntu upgrade and it said it could not install the flashplugin.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: flashplugin-installer 10.3.183.10ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
AptOrdering:
 google-chrome-stable: Install
 flashplugin-installer: Configure
 google-chrome-stable: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 22 01:05:13 2011
DpkgHistoryLog:
 Start-Date: 2011-11-22 01:04:56
 Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.47'
 Upgrade: google-chrome-stable:amd64 (11.0.696.57-r82915, 15.0.874.121-r109964)
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: Kogan Agora 12 - 20110505 - Release amd64
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: package flashplugin-installer 10.3.183.10ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-21 (0 days ago)

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