Flash screwed - how do I start over fresh?

**MaindotC** · May 26th, 2010

I read on a forum post that the problem with clicking certain types of flash content was resolved by downloading and install the latest package of flash from adobe's site.

Well obviously that didn't really fix the problem. I removed the flash install from the .deb package I downloaded from Adobe and wanted to start over. I am having problems installing flashplugin-nonfree and flashplugin-installer due to conflicting packages. How can I start over fresh as if flash was never installed and THEN install flashplugin-nonfree + it's dependencies without any problems? Here's what happens when I try to remove and reinstall, among other things:

Code:

xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  flashplugin-installer
Suggested packages:
  xulrunner-1.9 konqueror-nsplugins ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu
  ttf-xfree86-nonfree xfs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/21.3kB of archives.
After this operation, 229kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: regarding .../flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb containing flashplugin-installer:
 adobe-flashplugin conflicts with flashplugin-installer
  flashplugin-installer (version 10.0.45.2ubuntu1) is to be installed.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 conflicting packages - not installing flashplugin-installer
Selecting previously deselected package flashplugin-nonfree.
(Reading database ... 330983 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking flashplugin-nonfree (from .../flashplugin-nonfree_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  xulrunner-1.9 konqueror-nsplugins ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu
  ttf-xfree86-nonfree xfs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  flashplugin-installer
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/19.5kB of archives.
After this operation, 188kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: regarding .../flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb containing flashplugin-installer:
 adobe-flashplugin conflicts with flashplugin-installer
  flashplugin-installer (version 10.0.45.2ubuntu1) is to be installed.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 conflicting packages - not installing flashplugin-installer
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  flashplugin-installer
Suggested packages:
  xulrunner-1.9 konqueror-nsplugins ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu
  ttf-xfree86-nonfree xfs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  flashplugin-installer
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/19.5kB of archives.
After this operation, 188kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: regarding .../flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb containing flashplugin-installer:
 adobe-flashplugin conflicts with flashplugin-installer
  flashplugin-installer (version 10.0.45.2ubuntu1) is to be installed.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 conflicting packages - not installing flashplugin-installer
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get remove adobe-flashplugin 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package adobe-flashplugin is not installed, so not removed
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  flashplugin-nonfree: Depends: flashplugin-installer but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  nspluginwrapper
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  flashplugin-nonfree
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 41.0kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 330985 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing flashplugin-nonfree ...
xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  nspluginwrapper
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  nspluginwrapper
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 565kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 330982 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nspluginwrapper ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get clean
xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  flashplugin-installer nspluginwrapper
Suggested packages:
  xulrunner-1.9 konqueror-nsplugins ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu
  ttf-xfree86-nonfree xfs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree nspluginwrapper
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 219kB of archives.
After this operation, 795kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse nspluginwrapper 1.2.2-0ubuntu6 [198kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse flashplugin-installer 10.0.45.2ubuntu1 [19.5kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.45.2ubuntu1 [1,770B]
Fetched 219kB in 1s (122kB/s)                  
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package nspluginwrapper.
(Reading database ... 330955 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking nspluginwrapper (from .../nspluginwrapper_1.2.2-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: regarding .../flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb containing flashplugin-installer:
 adobe-flashplugin conflicts with flashplugin-installer
  flashplugin-installer (version 10.0.45.2ubuntu1) is to be installed.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 conflicting packages - not installing flashplugin-installer
Selecting previously deselected package flashplugin-nonfree.
Unpacking flashplugin-nonfree (from .../flashplugin-nonfree_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  flashplugin-installer
Suggested packages:
  xulrunner-1.9 konqueror-nsplugins ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu
  ttf-xfree86-nonfree xfs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  flashplugin-installer
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/19.5kB of archives.
After this operation, 188kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: regarding .../flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb containing flashplugin-installer:
 adobe-flashplugin conflicts with flashplugin-installer
  flashplugin-installer (version 10.0.45.2ubuntu1) is to be installed.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 conflicting packages - not installing flashplugin-installer
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge flashplugin-nonfree adobe-flashplugin 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package adobe-flashplugin is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  nspluginwrapper
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  flashplugin-nonfree*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 41.0kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 330985 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing flashplugin-nonfree ...
Setting up nspluginwrapper (1.2.2-0ubuntu6) ...
plugin dirs:
Auto-update plugins from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
Looking for plugins in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
Auto-update plugins from /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins
Looking for plugins in /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins
Auto-update plugins from /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
Looking for plugins in /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
Auto-update plugins from /usr/lib64/firefox/plugins
Looking for plugins in /usr/lib64/firefox/plugins
Auto-update plugins from /root/.mozilla/plugins
Looking for plugins in /root/.mozilla/plugins

xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  flashplugin-installer
Suggested packages:
  xulrunner-1.9 konqueror-nsplugins ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu
  ttf-xfree86-nonfree xfs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/21.3kB of archives.
After this operation, 229kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: regarding .../flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb containing flashplugin-installer:
 adobe-flashplugin conflicts with flashplugin-installer
  flashplugin-installer (version 10.0.45.2ubuntu1) is to be installed.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 conflicting packages - not installing flashplugin-installer
Selecting previously deselected package flashplugin-nonfree.
(Reading database ... 330983 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking flashplugin-nonfree (from .../flashplugin-nonfree_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge flashplugin-nonfree 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  nspluginwrapper
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  flashplugin-nonfree*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 41.0kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 330985 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing flashplugin-nonfree ...
xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge nspluginwrapper 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  nspluginwrapper*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 565kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 330982 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nspluginwrapper ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get install flashpl
flashplayer-mozilla    flashplugin-installer  
flashplugin            flashplugin-nonfree    
xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get install flashpl
flashplayer-mozilla    flashplugin-installer  
flashplugin            flashplugin-nonfree    
xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get install flashplayer-mozilla 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package flashplayer-mozilla is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package flashplayer-mozilla has no installation candidate
xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  nspluginwrapper
Suggested packages:
  xulrunner-1.9 konqueror-nsplugins ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu
  ttf-xfree86-nonfree xfs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  flashplugin-installer nspluginwrapper
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/217kB of archives.
After this operation, 754kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package nspluginwrapper.
(Reading database ... 330955 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking nspluginwrapper (from .../nspluginwrapper_1.2.2-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: regarding .../flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb containing flashplugin-installer:
 adobe-flashplugin conflicts with flashplugin-installer
  flashplugin-installer (version 10.0.45.2ubuntu1) is to be installed.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 conflicting packages - not installing flashplugin-installer
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge flashplugin-nonfree 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package flashplugin-nonfree is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  nspluginwrapper
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up nspluginwrapper (1.2.2-0ubuntu6) ...
plugin dirs:
Auto-update plugins from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
Looking for plugins in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
Auto-update plugins from /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins
Looking for plugins in /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins
Auto-update plugins from /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
Looking for plugins in /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
Auto-update plugins from /usr/lib64/firefox/plugins
Looking for plugins in /usr/lib64/firefox/plugins
Auto-update plugins from /root/.mozilla/plugins
Looking for plugins in /root/.mozilla/plugins

xk@xk:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge nspluginwrapper 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  nspluginwrapper*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 565kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 330982 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nspluginwrapper ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
xk@xk:~$

**lovinglinux** · May 26th, 2010

Try this:

Code:

sudo dpkg -r adobe-flashplugin

Then Install FLASH-AID extension for Firefox. It will remove conflicting plugins and install the proper flash version according to your browser architecture.

If you don't use Firefox or prefer to fix the problem from command-line, then see the Flash Optimization section of Firefox optimization and troubleshooting thread.

**MaindotC** · May 26th, 2010

Well that would be nice but I can't seem to login to the Firefox sandbox to download it. Man what a horrible idea to use Adobe's own package for THEIR OWN application. I can't believe what a mess this is.

**lovinglinux** · May 26th, 2010

Originally Posted by strAlan

Well that would be nice but I can't seem to login to the Firefox sandbox to download it. Man what a horrible idea to use Adobe's own package for THEIR OWN application. I can't believe what a mess this is.

I'm the developer of FLASH-AID. It is basically a script launcher, that remove conflicting plugins and install the proper flash plugin.

The Automatic Install only works if you have an account at Mozilla, until they approve the extension. But you can get it from the Download link on my web site instead. You won't need an account at Mozilla then, since you download from my project repository.

**MaindotC** · May 26th, 2010

WOw - FM - freaking magic! Yes it did launch a script and I installed it per the suggested version. Thank you so much for your help! I'll be sure to examine your script to determine where I went wrong. As soon as I get a job with my degree in IT instead of working at the grocery store I'll be sure to toss you a donation as well. Thank you so much!

**lovinglinux** · May 26th, 2010

Originally Posted by strAlan

WOw - FM - freaking magic! Yes it did launch a script and I installed it per the suggested version. Thank you so much for your help! I'll be sure to examine your script to determine where I went wrong. As soon as I get a job with my degree in IT instead of working at the grocery store I'll be sure to toss you a donation as well. Thank you so much!

You are welcome.