I'm trying to install Adobe flash player, cannot repair package catalog

Asked by Aaron Sargent

I'm trying to install Adobe flash player. whenever i click install, a window popps up saying

"Package Dependencies cannot be resolved
this error could be caused by required additional software packages which are missing or not installable. furthermore there could be a conflict between software packages which are not allowed to be installed at the same time."
under details, it says flashplugin-installer

after i click ok, another window pops up, saying
"items cannot be installed or removed until the package catalog is repaired. do you want to repair it now?"
i click repair, and a few seconds later, it pops up again!!!! no matter how many times i click repair, nothing happens.

im new to ubuntu, so im sorry if this is a very easy problem to fix

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

Please close software-center

then open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and select, copy then paste the row below into terminal, then press enter::

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

copy the terminal result and paste here.

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David Jones (dj) said :
#2

 run in terminal
sudo apt-get install adobe flash

  David
  in TN

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Aaron Sargent (asargent-mvdemsa1) said :
#3

i ran both marcobra (i think u had an extra ; cuz wen i copied urs exactly, there was a syntax error) and david's cods, and heres what i got:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnash; dpkg -l | grep swf
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick
Linux ubuntu 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 20:32:27 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install adobe flash
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package adobe
E: Unable to locate package flash

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Sam_ (and-sam) said :
#4

@David did you test the cmd yourself?
There is no such package.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=default&section=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=adobe+flash

Aaron,
please post terminal output:
sudo dpkg --configure -a

sudo updatedb
locate libflashplayer.so

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Aaron Sargent (asargent-mvdemsa1) said :
#5

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo updatedb
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ locate libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
/usr/share/ubufox/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
/var/lib/flashplugin-installer/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

i forgot to put something when i posted this, im running ubuntu 10.10 on a cd, so its not installed onto my computer. so every time i shut down, i lose all the software I've downloaded. so, i rebooted and started it up today, and for some reason, adobe flash player installed and works fine right now, as long as I don't reboot, I don't think ill be having any more problems.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said :
#6

> every time i shut down, i lose all the software

Of course, LiveCD uses RAM, after reboot it starts from scratch, everything what was installed or saved during LiveCD session is gone, incl. the information about a broken package.

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