[Bug 429841] Re: broken packaging: package flashplugin-nonfree failed to install/upgrade: (breaks upgrade)

[Elizabeth]

I am upgrading from Hardy to Lucid.  Unfortunately Emanuel Greisen's fix
does not work for me.

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/flashplugin-nonfree.prerm

is fine, but

sudo dpkg –remove –force-remove-reinstreq flashplugin-nonfree

gives response

dpkg: need an action option

I don't know this program well -- how can I give an action option?
(Isn't -remove an action option?  Is my installation of dpkg broken in
some way too?)

Also, I should point out that those of us upgrading straight from Hardy
to Lucid are probably the ones who least enjoy picking through bug
reports.  I have the impression that if I had enabled hardy-proposed
first (?) then this would not have happened, and certainly if I'd
uninstalled flashplugin-nonfree first this would not have happened.
Someone should make this clear in the documentation for this upgrade!

Thanks for all your help.

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broken packaging: package flashplugin-nonfree failed to install/upgrade: (breaks upgrade)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/429841
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