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package flashplugin-installer 11.1.102.62ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #942191 reported by Raghd Hamzeh on 2012-02-27

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #876298: [FFe] [MASTER] We need to better handle external payloads (Flash, msttcorefonts) not being available.. Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

When installing the ubuntu-restricted-extras, the flash installer does not take the proxy settings of either synaptic or those specified under network settings.

Note: I am using an authenticated proxy.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: flashplugin-installer 11.1.102.62ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Feb 27 20:12:56 2012
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120212)
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: package flashplugin-installer 11.1.102.62ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Raghd Hamzeh (raghd.hamzeh) wrote on 2012-02-27:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (24.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (3.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (503 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (62.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (104.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.gz Edit (8.6 KiB, application/x-gzip)
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2012-02-27

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removed: need-duplicate-check

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2012-04-11:

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.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-04-27:

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

Changed in flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Yuriy Tkachenko (yuriytk) wrote on 2012-04-27:

I confirm that flashplugin-installer and ttf-mscorefonts-installer do not take proxy settings to download external files in Ubuntu 12.04. This bug is not mentioned in bug #876298.