koyigo
March 5th, 2010, 04:18 PM
Hi! I installed flashplugin-installer in my ubuntu netbook remix, i found out that it couldnt play net videos. I have tried to purge it inorder to install adobe flash player but it is not going away. this is the message i get:-
koyigo@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get -f purge flashplugin-installer
[sudo] password for koyigo:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
qt4-qtconfig
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
flashplugin-installer*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 117 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 180kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 159881 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 (--purge):
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
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
wat can i do to get to stream live videos from the net? please help.
koyigo@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get -f purge flashplugin-installer
[sudo] password for koyigo:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
qt4-qtconfig
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
flashplugin-installer*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 117 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 180kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 159881 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 (--purge):
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
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
wat can i do to get to stream live videos from the net? please help.