Flash crash Lucid lynx

Asked by Michael Lamb

The command:

uname -a; dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnash; dpkg -l | grep swf

yields:

rF adobe-flashplugin 10.0.12.36-1hardy1 Adobe Flash Player plugin version 10
ic flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.124.0ubuntu2 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer

I tried the series of commands given in the solved plugin question, but problem persists. Not too surprising because the initial command yields a somewhat different output. Can I rid my self of those two items, and start over?

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said :
#1

From terminal type or better copy from here and and paste into terminal (single row a time, then press enter):

sudo apt-get purge adobe-flashplugin flashplugin-nonfree

- to be sure your Ubuntu is fully updated/upgraded with no error type:

 sudo dpkg --configure -a; sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
 sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get -f -y --assume-yes dist-upgrade
 sudo apt-get autoremove; sudo apt-get clean;

- to remove unused packages please copy and paste or type:
sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install deborphan
 sudo deborphan | xargs sudo apt-get -y remove --purge

- to remove old packages settings please copy and paste or type:

 sudo aptitude purge $(dpkg -l "*" | egrep "^rc" | cut -d' ' -f3);

Then to install flash
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

Hth

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Michael Lamb (michaelanthonylamb) said :
#2

I entered all the commands listed, by copying, not typing. Condition remains the same.

I re-entered the coomand:

uname -a; dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnash; dpkg -l | grep swf

and got the same results as before:

Linux dell 2.6.32-23-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 11 07:54:58 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
rF adobe-flashplugin 10.0.12.36-1hardy1 Adobe Flash Player plugin version 10
ic flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.124.0ubuntu2 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer

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Michael Lamb (michaelanthonylamb) said :
#3

When executing the first command, I get:

sudo apt-get purge adobe-flashplugin flashplugin-nonfree
[sudo] password for mikie:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package flashplugin-nonfree is not installed, so not removed
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  adobe-flashplugin*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 10.1MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 261387 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 (--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:
 adobe-flashplugin

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said :
#4

Please open a terminal and type:

gksudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/info/adobe-flashplugin.prerm

and remove all lines after set -e

Then save and exit, then redo the 2010-07-05 suggested commands

Hth

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Michael Lamb (michaelanthonylamb) said :
#5

I've tried all recommendations listed, but still flash still crashes

Question: I see in preferences that flash video is set to Xine plugin. Why is that so? How do I change that

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Michael Lamb (michaelanthonylamb) said :
#6

Used falsh aid; great.