flashplugin-nonfree broken

[Janne Jokitalo]

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:49:46AM -0500, Christopher Biessener wrote:
> Synaptic will not fix it, it's output from "Complete Removal" follows:
> 
>     dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--purge):
>       Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
>       reinstall it before attempting a removal.
>     Errors were encountered while processing:
>       flashplugin-nonfree
> 
> The "Reinstall" option is greyed out.  I cannot reinstall it.  I cannot 
> remove it.  Any suggestions?

What happens if you do:

$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall flashplugin-nonfree


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Jaska