Flash Issues on old 32 bit pc

[Colin Law]

On 28 August 2013 17:28, Pete Smout <smoutpete at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the quick reply, but that dont work!!
> Terminal output from reinstall pasted below......
>
> steve at steve-desktop-3:~$ sudo apt-get reinstall flashplugin-installer

Please don't top post, it makes it difficult to follow the thread.
Also it makes it would make it easier to see that you misread my
suggestion, which was, copying from my post below:
>> > sudo apt-get install --reinstall flashplugin-installer

> [sudo] password for steve:
> E: Invalid operation reinstall

That is because you typed the wrong command.  See above

Colin

> steve at steve-desktop-3:~$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall
> flashplugin-installer
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
> required:
>   gir1.2-json-1.0 gir1.2-timezonemap-1.0 libtimezonemap1
>   gir1.2-xkl-1.0
> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not
> upgraded.
> Need to get 0 B/6,932 B of archives.
> After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> (Reading database ... 184122 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.297ubuntu0.12.04.1
> (using .../flashplugin-installer_11.2.202.297ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement flashplugin-installer ...
> Processing triggers for update-notifier-common ...
> flashplugin-installer: downloading
> http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.297.orig.tar.gz
> Installing from local file /tmp/tmpkl68JH.gz
> Flash Plugin installed.
> Setting up flashplugin-installer (11.2.202.297ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
> steve at steve-desktop-3:~$
>
>
> output from command suggested below:
>
> steve at steve-desktop-3:~$ apt-cache policy flashplugin-installer
> flashplugin-installer:
>   Installed: 11.2.202.297ubuntu0.12.04.1
>   Candidate: 11.2.202.297ubuntu0.12.04.1
>   Version table:
>  *** 11.2.202.297ubuntu0.12.04.1 0
>         500 http://ubuntu.positive-internet.com/ubuntu/
> precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
>         500 http://ubuntu.positive-internet.com/ubuntu/
> precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>      11.2.202.233ubuntu2 0
>         500 http://ubuntu.positive-internet.com/ubuntu/ precise/multiverse
> i386 Packages
> steve at steve-desktop-3:~$
>
> Thanks again, this is driving me spare......Such an easy thing not working,
> can be more frustrating than the harder things not going right.
>
>
> Pete Smout
>
>
> On 28 August 2013 17:13, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 28 August 2013 17:10, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> > On 28 August 2013 17:01, Peter Smout <smoutpete at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> This is sort of a follow on from 'probally a stupid question but...'
>> >> but
>> >> warrants a new thread.
>> >>
>> >> A friend of mine (following my advice) has just installed Lubuntu 12.04
>> >> LTS on an old pc to extend the life....
>> >> Having personally made the 'error' of installing Adobe flash from their
>> >> website, I am trying to resolve this correctly by installing
>> >> lubuntu-restricted-extras from the multiverse repo with no luck at all,
>> >> firefox does not know it is installed, even though synaptic says it is?
>> >
>> > Is flashplugin-installer installed?  Try
>> > sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer
>> > and see if it does anything.  Flashplugin-installer is the package
>> > that should install flash and set it up.
>> >
>> > If it is already installed then possibly
>> > sudo apt-get install --reinstall flashplugin-installer
>> > It should download flash and ask you to OK the license.
>>
>> If still not working then what does
>> apt-cache policy flashplugin-installer
>> show?
>>
>> Colin
>>
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