[Bug 856434] [NEW] Plugin upgrade via package management fails without purge

[Robert Simmons]

Public bug reported:

For the past three versions of the flash plugin installer, the install
does not install properly.  The package upgrade shows up in the
automatic upgrades from the security upgrades repository.  The package
gets installed without visible errors, but once installed, the flash
plugin does not appear at all in chrome/chromium's list of installed
plugins.  In fact, no flash plugin is listed at all.  Chrome is not
running when the install happens.

The only way to fix this is to apt-get purge flashplugin-installer and
then install it again.  After that, everything shows up in chrome
properly.

I am using flashplugin version 10.3.183.10 
Chrome version 14.0.835.186
Kubuntu 11.04
KDE 4.7.0

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: flashplugin-installer 10.3.183.10ubuntu0.11.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Sep 22 09:59:59 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_US.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: amd64 apport-bug natty

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  Plugin upgrade via package management fails without purge

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