Major firefox / adobe-flash-plugin problem

[Daniel Underwood]

When I try to uninstall firefox via apt-get, I get this error:

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Preparing to replace adobe-flashplugin 10.0.22.87-2jaunty1 (using
.../adobe-flashplugin_10.0.22.87-2jaunty1_i386.deb) ...
update-alternatives: unable to make
/usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so.dpkg-tmp a symlink
to /etc/alternatives/firefox-flashplugin: No such file or directory
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
update-alternatives: unable to make
/usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so.dpkg-tmp a symlink
to /etc/alternatives/firefox-flashplugin: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/adobe-flashplugin_10.0.22.87-2jaunty1_i386.deb
(--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
postinst called with argument `abort-upgrade'
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/adobe-flashplugin_10.0.22.87-2jaunty1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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Note: I deleted adobe-flashplugin_10.0.22.87-2jaunty1_i386.deb because
it was giving me so many errors.)

When I try to install firefox via apt-get, here what I get:

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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
firefox-3.0 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/3964kB of archives.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 134121 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace adobe-flashplugin 10.0.22.87-2jaunty1 (using
.../adobe-flashplugin_10.0.22.87-2jaunty1_i386.deb) ...
update-alternatives: unable to make
/usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so.dpkg-tmp a symlink
to /etc/alternatives/firefox-flashplugin: No such file or directory
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
update-alternatives: unable to make
/usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so.dpkg-tmp a symlink
to /etc/alternatives/firefox-flashplugin: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/adobe-flashplugin_10.0.22.87-2jaunty1_i386.deb
(--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
postinst called with argument `abort-upgrade'
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/adobe-flashplugin_10.0.22.87-2jaunty1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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The problem here--at least, 1 of the problems, is that
adobe-flash-plugin is broken.  The even bigger problem is that I
cannot remove, or reinstall it.  So, I know of no other options.
Someone please help.

Thanks!