<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 10:34 PM, stan <<a href="mailto:stanb@panix.com">stanb@panix.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> I atempted to upgrade a really old machine today, and I am now having a problem. After the system rebooted I tryed to do an apt-get upgrade, and I am getting a message that says the the package flashplugin-nonfree is in a bad state, and I should reinstall it beore procedng. But nothing I try with apt-get, or dpkg seems to fix this. How can I correct this? </blockquote><div>Stan What version is the 'really old' machine running currently? I know that dpkg can force removal of a package with sudo dpkg --force-all -r flashplugin-nonfree but have you tried to correct it with 'sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree --reinstall first? Regards Jack </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> <div style="visibility: hidden; left: -5000px; position: absolute; z-index: 9999; padding: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word; color: black; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; line-height: 130%;" id="avg_ls_inline_popup"> </div>