John Smith: excellent, many thanks, that worked. Robert Flaspoler: that didn't work for me either. I still got "dpkg: need an action option". Not sure why it works for everyone else and not me.
Anyone official: This bug seems to have been around a while; it would be really nice if this page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LucidUpgrades#Upgrade%20from%208.04%20LTS%20to%2010.04%20LTS said "first uninstall flashplayer-nonfree, then do the following, then reinstall it". (Ktksbai.) -- broken packaging: package flashplugin-nonfree failed to install/upgrade: (breaks upgrade) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/429841 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
