Adobe flash plugin problem

[Pushparaj Shetty]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Bruce Pieterse <octoquadza at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu 03 Nov 2011 08:50:04 SAST, Pushparaj Shetty wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Pritam Baral<pritam at pritambaral.co.cc>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Chhatoi Pritam Baral
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:01, Pushparaj Shetty<shettypraj at gmail.com>
>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi I got the following while trying to install
>>>> $ sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin
>>>> [sudo] password for praj:
>>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>>> Building dependency tree
>>>> Reading state information... Done
>>>> E: The package adobe-flashplugin needs to be reinstalled, but I can't
>>>> find an archive for it.
>>>
>>> do a
>>> $ sudo apt-get update
>>> and then try installing adobe-flashplugin
>>>
>>> If it still doesn't work, just go with the flashplugin-installer package.
>>> (NB: It needs wget, so remember to configure wget for your proxy)
>>>>
>>>> Please help me to fix this. I'm using Ubuntu 11.10
>>>> regards
>>>> Pushparaj
>>>> IIT Delhi
>>>>
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>> I tried apt-get install flashplugin-installer. I'm getting the same
>> problem for any apt-get install<package-name>.
>> please suggest a solution. I find that adobe-flash is purged.
>> following is the status
>> $ dpkg --get-selections | grep flash
>> adobe-flashplugin                               purge
>> flashplugin-downloader                          deinstall
>>
>> regards
>> Pushparaj
>>
>
> Hi Pritam,
>
> I'm not sure if this will help but try sudo apt-get install -f and then sudo
> apt-get install --reinstall flashplugin-installer.
>
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>
> Bruce
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Hi Thanks. Problem is solved using instructions given link below.
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1285455.html