Can't remove flashplugin-nonfree

[Sig Nuka]

I'm guessing there are residual config files left for the flashplugin-nonfree package:

sudo dpkg -P flashplugin-nonfree

Well, this seems to work (not detected using the terminal anymore), except for the fact that both Epiphany and Chrome STILL see the old version. Any way I can fix that, or would I have to *gulp* purge both browsers and reinstall them (which I'd like to avoid as much as possible)?

[Yellow Pasque]

Search for files with 'libflash*' on your system. You probably have an old version hanging around that isn't associated with a package.

[Sig Nuka]

Search for files with 'libflash*' on your system. You probably have an old version hanging around that isn't associated with a package.

Found two:

/usr/lib/openoffice/basis-link/program/libflashli.so
/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so

...

Wait, I just found out what's going on. Opera is using flashplugin-alternative.so (which I never thought to check). As for Firefox... *checks* I, uh, have no idea (though I'm assuming the same). ^^;

So, is it safe for me to just remove libflashplayer.so, or would it break Flash updates?

[Sig Nuka]

Bump, as I have NO idea what to do anymore.

[fancypiper]

Have you removed the files you found? Have you restarted the browser?

sudo rm /usr/lib/openoffice/basis-link/program/libflashli.so
sudo rm /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so

[fancypiper]

What's going on? Triple post!

[fancypiper]

Double post

[bkmfs]

You are probably gonna have to open the Synaptic, type in flash player in the 'quick search' and remove everything that has the words "flash player" in it.

That is what I had to do when my flash player stopped working. My next step was to reinstall 'adobe-flashplugin' and that straightened everything out for me but that may not be your next step (depending on what you are doing).

[Sig Nuka]

Have you removed the files you found? Have you restarted the browser?

sudo rm /usr/lib/openoffice/basis-link/program/libflashli.so
sudo rm /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so

I actually marked adobe-flashplugin for complete removal first (easier to do, easier to reinstall later). Browsers still saw the old Flash. Then I fired up the terminal. Here's what I tried:

siggy@siggy-laptop:~$ locate libflash
/home/siggy/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
/home/siggy/.opera/cache/temporary_download/libflashsupport_1.0~2219-2_i386.deb
/usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.1/program/libflashli.so

"What? An extra plugin location I missed? Lets remove that and see what happens."

siggy@siggy-laptop:~$ sudo rm /home/siggy/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

*fires up Epiphany, goes to this page*

Flash was uninstalled! So I reinstalled adobe-flashplugin, restarted Epiphany, and went to the site again.

You have version
10,0,42,34 installed

Many thanks to everyone in this thread!

[crazyedy]

Here is the fix for this issue.

dpkg -r --force-remove-reinstreq flashplugin-nonfree