I poked around with the files in /var/lib/dpkg and was able to get this working... it turns out that some of the files in there belonging to flashplugin-nonfree had been corrupted.
** Changed in: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- package flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.115.0ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208918 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