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flashplugin-nonfree package

package flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.48.0.0ubuntu9 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #138863 reported by abbakarma
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #138145: missing ia32 libXcomposite. Edit Remove
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flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

dependency problem:

/usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libXcomposite.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Sep 11 14:21:38 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.48.0.0ubuntu9
PackageArchitecture: amd64
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: package flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.48.0.0ubuntu9 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux chaos 2.6.22-11-generic #1 SMP Fri Sep 7 04:31:16 GMT 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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abbakarma (abbakarma) wrote :
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Wousser (wousser) wrote :

confirmed

wouter@wouter-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (9.0.48.0.0ubuntu9) ...
Installing from local file /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
Flash Plugin installed.
update-alternatives: unable to make /usr/lib/midbrowser/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/midbrowser-flashplugin: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 flashplugin-nonfree
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
wouter@wouter-desktop:~$

Changed in flashplugin-nonfree:
status: New → Confirmed
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Ravsh (ravsh) wrote :

I've fixed this on my local machine with
$sudo mkdir -p /usr/lib/midbrowser/plugins/

$sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (9.0.48.0.0ubuntu9) ...
Installing from local file /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
Flash Plugin installed.

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miked (miked11) wrote :
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