Public bug reported: This appears to be the same as Bug #830802. It is marked "Fix released" and the system does not allow that status to be changed.
The symptoms have returned: bruce@Xenophon:~/Documents/brm$ uname -a Linux Xenophon 3.0.0-11-generic #17-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 9 17:48:40 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux bruce@Xenophon:~/Documents/brm$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch) Release: 11.10 Codename: oneiric bruce@Xenophon:~/Documents/brm$ apt-cache policy flashplugin-installer flashplugin-installer: Installed: (none) Candidate: 10.3.183.7ubuntu1 Version table: 10.3.183.7ubuntu1 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/multiverse amd64 Packages bruce@Xenophon:~/Documents/brm$ sudo aptitude install flashplugin-installer The following NEW packages will be installed: flashplugin-installer{b} 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 2,924 B of archives. After unpacking 45.1 kB will be used. The following packages have unmet dependencies: flashplugin-installer: Depends: flashplugin-downloader which is a virtual package. Depends: nspluginwrapper but it is not going to be installed. The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Keep the following packages at their current version: 1) flashplugin-installer [Not Installed] Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q Abandoning all efforts to resolve these dependencies. Abort. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: flashplugin-installer (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.17-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Sep 14 07:53:36 2011 InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110830) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/849904 Title: flashplugin-nonfree does not install on amd64 oneiric beta; old bug has returned To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/849904/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs