ubuntu 9.10 flash player

[rct096]

hey i recently downloades ubuntu 9.10 and i have been trying to instal flash player to view sites like youtube.com or simply play flash games but when i try to download the ubuntu flash version it all runs very well until its installing it at a certain point it marks an error and it wont istall any one know how to fix this i really need flash player

plzz help

THx

[Locke_99GS]

Ok, so, what command are you issuing to install flash, and what errors are being reported?

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

will generally bring in most everything you'll need, including Flash.

[unamanic]

What is the exact error do you get when you try to install it?

[NickJones]

For me it worked out of the box. I only installed yesterday, so I don't think I had to install flash. It may already have been installed.

[stchman]

For 32 bit simply do the following:

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

For 64 bit get the 64 bit flash plugin from:

http://download.macromedia.com/pub/l...6_64.so.tar.gz

Install it in your ~/.mozilla/plugins folder.

[chaimann]

I've also had a problem with Flash. I tried the two suggestions above, and in both cases, got this response:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: The package adobe-flashplugin needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.

It also has Synaptic mucked up, returning the following error before closing:

E: The package adobe-flashplugin needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
E: Internal error opening cache (1). Please report.

[philinux]

Use syanptic. find adobe-flashplugin and mark it for complete removel. Then reinstall it.

[iw2z]

hey i also have this same problem after u tried installing adobe-flashplugin



the problem is i can't use synaptic coz it it isn't installed, and i can't install anything AT ALL, i keep getting this error no matter what i try to install or remove:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: The package adobe-flashplugin needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.

here r my details:
after the flash installation failed, and everything seemed broken becoz flash wasn't installed properly, i tried installing it again using this command:

sudo dpkg -i install_flash_player_10_linux.deb

this gives me the following error:

Selecting previously deselected package adobe-flashplugin.
(Reading database ... 87770 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace adobe-flashplugin 10.0.32.18-1 (using install_flash_player_10_linux.deb) ...
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
dpkg: warning: old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
dpkg: error processing install_flash_player_10_linux.deb (--install):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
postinst called with argument `abort-upgrade'
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
install_flash_player_10_linux.deb

so i tried removing it using this command:

sudo apt-get remove adobe-flashplugin

but i get this error:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: The package adobe-flashplugin needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.

so i tried this command:

sudo aptitude remove adobe-flashplugin

but also got an error:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
adobe-flashplugin
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 24 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 10.4MB will be freed.
Writing extended state information... Done
dpkg: error processing adobe-flashplugin (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
adobe-flashplugin
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done

so i tried this:

sudo dpkg -r adobe-flashplugin

got this error:

dpkg: error processing adobe-flashplugin (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
adobe-flashplugin

so i tried forcing it:

sudo dpkg -r --force-remove-reinstreq adobe-flashplugin

but still it wouldn't work:

dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
(Reading database ... 87769 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing adobe-flashplugin ...
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
dpkg: error processing adobe-flashplugin (--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:
adobe-flashplugin

now as i said this is preventing the installation of anything else so this is really a show stopper, but i don't wanna go back to 9.04 (that's another 700MB to downoad), so guys what to do? help plz!

[3rdalbum]

Get the adobe-flashplugin package from http://packages.ubuntu.com (the same as what's in the repositories) and then put it into /var/cache/apt/archives. You should be able to reinstall it now using:'

sudo apt-get install --reinstall adobe-flashplugin

[dodo7254]

having exact same problem!
btw, i couldn't figure out how to get the package from that website (i'm a real beginner)