Adobe flashplugin install via Firefox fails - "Package 'flashplugin-installer' is virtual"

[Linus Lüssing]

Firefox's plugin finder service gives a nice dialog for choosing to install either the nonfree Adobe flash plugin or the free gnash flash plugin. However, trying to install the Adobe flash plugin fails with the error message: "Package 'flashplugin-installer' is virtual".

Trying to install the Adobe Flash plugin via the Ubuntu Software Center works fine though.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: flashplugin-installer 11.1.102.62ubuntu0.11.10.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Thu Feb 23 02:17:47 2012
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[dino99 (9d9)]

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