Ubuntu
flashplugin-nonfree package

Error downloading flash

Bug #65550 reported by KeithCu on 2006-10-11

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #63055: flashplugin-nonfree installation fails, if flashplayer-mozilla is installed (should conflict). Edit Remove

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

Bug Description

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

'm trying to install flash on my new edgy box:

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
...
...
(Reading database ... 103793 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking flashplugin-nonfree (from .../flashplugin-nonfree_7.0.68~ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (7.0.68~ubuntu2) ...
Downloading... done.
return: 212: Illegal number: -1

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KeithCu (keithcu) wrote on 2006-10-11:

This bug might be a dup of 48620.

I removed flashplayer-mozilla, and then I was able to install flashplugin-nonfree. Perhaps I should resolve this bug as a dup of that, but raise the priority of that bug.

Why is flashplayer-mozilla installed by default in edgy?

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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote on 2006-10-12:

flashplayer-mozilla is in multiverse. There's no way it's installed by default in Edgy.

Changed in flashplugin-nonfree:
status:	Unconfirmed → Rejected

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Andrea Gamba (andrea-gamba) wrote on 2006-10-23:

Even without flashplayer-mozilla, I was not able to install flashplugin-nonfree, I get:

The following NEW packages will be installed
flashplugin-nonfree
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/15.9kB of archives.
After unpacking 168kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package flashplugin-nonfree.
(Reading database ... 432715 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking flashplugin-nonfree (from .../flashplugin-nonfree_7.0.68~ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (7.0.68~ubuntu3) ...
Downloading... done.
return: 212: Illegal number: -1