package flashplugin-installer 11.1.102.62ubuntu0.11.10.2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[msp3k]

Attempting to upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10, upgrade failed on this package.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: flashplugin-installer 11.1.102.62ubuntu0.11.10.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic-pae 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Feb 26 09:06:10 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110413)
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: package flashplugin-installer 11.1.102.62ubuntu0.11.10.2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-02-24 (2 days ago)

[msp3k (peek-nimbios)]

Here is the error message:

Setting up flashplugin-installer (11.1.102.62ubuntu0.11.10.2) ...
Downloading...
--2012-02-27 18:45:38--
http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.1.102.62.orig.tar.gz
Resolving \\... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve host address `\\'
download failed
The Flash plugin is NOT installed.
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-installer (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 flashplugin-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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 876298, 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. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.