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adobe-flashplugin package

  1. Bug #371890
  2. Comment #19

Comment 19 for bug 371890

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sem (semitones) wrote :

confirmed in karmic, x64

Fabio Rodriguez's solution worked for me, except I used flashplugin-installer instead of adobe-flashplugin.

mkdir /var/cache/flashplugin-installer
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/flashplugin-installer.prerm
sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq flashplugin-installer

The text of the original problem can be seen below

$ sudo dpkg -r flashplugin-installer
(Reading database ... 351173 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing flashplugin-installer ...
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-installer (--remove):
 subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
postinst called with argument `abort-remove'
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 flashplugin-installer