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[Bug 1498120] [NEW] The Flash plugin is NOT installed.

 

Public bug reported:

Doing a update of my VM with upcoming Xubuntu 15.10 i got this:

flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_20150921.1.orig.tar.gz
Holen: 1 http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_20150921.1.orig.tar.gz [26,5 MB]
Es wurden 26,5 MB in 2 min 19 s geholt (191 kB/s).                                                                                                                                                  
Installing from local file /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/adobe-flashplugin_20150921.1.orig.tar.gz
tar: Springe zum nächsten Kopfteil.

gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
cannot unpack plugin
The Flash plugin is NOT installed.


Trying it again in Synaptic i got the same error.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.521ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-10.12-generic 4.2.0
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-10-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.18.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Sep 21 20:10:36 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-30 (22 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha i386 (20150825)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: apport-bug i386 wily

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Title:
  The Flash plugin is NOT installed.

Status in flashplugin-nonfree package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Doing a update of my VM with upcoming Xubuntu 15.10 i got this:

  flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_20150921.1.orig.tar.gz
  Holen: 1 http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_20150921.1.orig.tar.gz [26,5 MB]
  Es wurden 26,5 MB in 2 min 19 s geholt (191 kB/s).                                                                                                                                                  
  Installing from local file /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/adobe-flashplugin_20150921.1.orig.tar.gz
  tar: Springe zum nächsten Kopfteil.

  gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated
  tar: Child returned status 1
  tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
  cannot unpack plugin
  The Flash plugin is NOT installed.

  
  Trying it again in Synaptic i got the same error.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.521ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-10.12-generic 4.2.0
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-10-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.18.1-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Sep 21 20:10:36 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-30 (22 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha i386 (20150825)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de_DE
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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