*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 349469 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/349469
I tried all of these but 'fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat'
returned nothing. However, 'sudo fuser -v
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat' worked, then I killed the process (not
sure exactly what it was) and reinstalled flashplugin-installer.
ra@shangri-ra:~$ sudo fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat:
root 2931 F.... frontend
ra@shangri-ra:~$ sudo fuser -k /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat: 2931
ra@shangri-ra:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure flashplugin-installer
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: flashplugin-installer is broken or not fully
installed
ra@shangri-ra:~$ sudo apt-get clean
ra@shangri-ra:~$ sudo apt-get flashplugin-installer
E: Invalid operation flashplugin-installer
ra@shangri-ra:~$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
flashplugin-installer is already the newest version.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
ttf-mscorefonts-installer
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 136 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching
ttf-mscorefonts-installer:i386
Setting up flashplugin-installer (11.2.202.238ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
ra@shangri-ra:~$
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