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mailbox
July 7th, 2010, 02:42 AM
So I made the mistake of thinking I could install a new version of Flash from Adobe's website. Now, I have this:

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer returns:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
konqueror-nsplugins ttf-xfree86-nonfree xfs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
flashplugin-installer
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/19.6kB of archives.
After this operation, 188kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: regarding .../flashplugin-installer_10.1.53.64ubuntu0.9.10.1_amd64.deb containing flashplugin-installer:
adobe-flashplugin conflicts with flashplugin-installer
flashplugin-installer (version 10.1.53.64ubuntu0.9.10.1) is to be installed.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/flashplugin-installer_10.1.53.64ubuntu0.9.10.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
conflicting packages - not installing flashplugin-installer
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/flashplugin-installer_10.1.53.64ubuntu0.9.10.1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
If I try to remove adobe-flashplugin, it tells me it's not installed.
sudo dpkg --configure -a returns:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of image2mpeg:
image2mpeg depends on libmagick++9c2a (>= 6.1.8); however:
Package libmagick++9c2a is not installed.
dpkg: error processing image2mpeg (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
image2mpeg
Same story with image2mpeg; if I try to remove it, i'm told it doesn't exist.

Any ideas?

mailbox
July 8th, 2010, 06:45 AM
anyone?

mailbox
July 10th, 2010, 07:21 PM
please, someone, i really need help with this!

oldos2er
July 10th, 2010, 07:46 PM
Are you using 9.10?

Try
sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin

mailbox
July 10th, 2010, 08:26 PM
Yes, I'm running 9.04.
Everything ran fine up until the last command, which returned E: Couldn't find package adobe-flashplugin

Steve603z
July 10th, 2010, 08:30 PM
to install flash try
apt:adobe-flashplugin?channel=$distro-partner
then see what happens, it MIGHT be a repository issue

Steve603z
July 10th, 2010, 08:31 PM
also here is a direct .deb file from adobe

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/thankyou/?installer=Flash_Player_10.1_for_Linux_(.deb) (http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/thankyou/?installer=Flash_Player_10.1_for_Linux_%28.deb%29)
(http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/thankyou/?installer=Flash_Player_10.1_for_Linux_%28.deb)

oldos2er
July 10th, 2010, 08:35 PM
Yes, I'm running 9.04.
Everything ran fine up until the last command, which returned E: Couldn't find package adobe-flashplugin

Then replace adobe-flashplugin with flashplugin-installer, or try the other suggestions.

mailbox
July 10th, 2010, 09:42 PM
steve: installing the .deb from Adobe's website is what caused this problem in the first place.
your first link comes back with "channel unknown."

oldos: same result with flashplugin-installer as in my first post.

mailbox
July 18th, 2010, 12:01 PM
anyone else have any ideas?

oldos2er
July 18th, 2010, 06:35 PM
Do you have the multiverse repository enabled?

mailbox
August 9th, 2010, 03:05 AM
Do you have the multiverse repository enabled?

Yes, I do. I disabled it, then tried all the steps I had done earlier, but I got the same results.