Public bug reported: I get following error:
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Suggested packages: msttcorefonts ttf-xfree86-nonfree xfs Recommended packages: libesd0-alsa libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 The following NEW packages will be installed: flashplugin-nonfree 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/15.8kB of archives. After unpacking 168kB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package flashplugin-nonfree. (Reading database ... 173232 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking flashplugin-nonfree (from .../flashplugin-nonfree_7.0.68~ubuntu1~dapper1_i386.deb) ... Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (7.0.68~ubuntu1~dapper1) ... Downloading... done. usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f] <basename> remove update-rc.d [-n] <basename> defaults [NN | sNN kNN] update-rc.d [-n] <basename> start|stop NN runlvl [runlvl] [...] . -n: not really -f: force dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: flashplugin-nonfree E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ** Affects: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- the latest dapper backport flashplugin-nonfree_7.0.68~ubuntu1~dapper1 does not install https://launchpad.net/bugs/61941 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs