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flashplugin-nonfree package

[gutsy] Firefox and Midbrowser mixed up

Bug #138951 reported by Felix Heinonen
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Bug Description

Newest flash update fails with the following:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
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

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Albert Damen (albrt) wrote :

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 138853, 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 add, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

NB: please note bug 138853 also has a workaround.

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