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[Thomas Sisson <1180656@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Every time I get a notification of a new update and I run Muon Updater,
there is an error in installing the Adobe Flash Player update. I receive
a light bulb icon in my notification panel. I click it and it says there
was an error in install a package, click here to fix it. It opens up a
terminal window and downloads some long file name including flashplayer.
It downloads, then the window stays open. There is never any indication
that anything is done after downloading, but I eventually close the
terminal window and the dialog that opens it.

This part is annoying in and of itself and could be done much more
smoothly. There should be some output in the window that says "package
installed, you may now close this window." However, the last update left
me with no flash plug-in.

I tried to do "sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin" it tries to
install /var/cache/apt/archives/adobe-
flashplugin_11.2.202.285-0precise1_amd64.deb and /var/cache/apt/archives
/adobe-flash-properties-gtk_11.2.202.285-0precise1_amd64.deb. I then get
the following error.

dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

If I try to remove the offending packages with "sudo dpkg -r adobe-
flashplugin adobe-flash-player-properties-gtk" I get the following
errors.

dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching adobe-flashplugin
dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching adobe-flash-player-properties-gtk

If I try to remove with "sudo apt-get remove adobe-flashplugin adobe-
flash-properties-gtk" I get the following errors.

Package adobe-flashplugin is not installed, so not removed
Package adobe-flash-player-properties-gtk is not installed, so not removed

I really don't like mucking around in my dpkg cache because deleting
those files just creates even more of a mess. This is new and not the
same as the flashplugin-nonfree, so searching for ways to fix the
problem has been fruitless.

lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release:        12.04

I'm giving apt-cache policy of all flash plug-in packages even though I
was not trying to install flashplugin-nonfree.

apt-cache policy adobe-flashplugin
adobe-flashplugin:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 11.2.202.285-0precise1
  Version table:
     11.2.202.285-0precise1 0
        500 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ precise/partner amd64 Packages

apt-cache policy flashplugin-nonfree
flashplugin-nonfree:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:

apt-cache policy adobe-flash-properties-gtk
adobe-flash-properties-gtk:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 11.2.202.285-0precise1
  Version table:
     11.2.202.285-0precise1 0
        500 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ precise/partner amd64 Packages

** Affects: adobe-flashplugin (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Attachment added: "Output from terminal to show my commands and output, including my typos"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1180656/+attachment/3677930/+files/AdobeFlashPluginOutput.txt

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Title:
  Adobe Flash (adobe-flashplugin) update installs incorrectly

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