[Bug 304969] [NEW] Hardy: Flash can't be installed since install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz can't be retrieved

Wed Dec 3 23:28:36 UTC 2008

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

Inside a brand new installed Hardy Heron Adobe Flash can't be installed
via Ubuntu's repositories becaus Adobe took
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
offline. When you try to install flash all you get is

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$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall flashplugin-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 145 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/18.7kB of archives.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 172876 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.124.0ubuntu2 (using .../flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.124.0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement flashplugin-nonfree ...
Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (9.0.124.0ubuntu2) ...
Downloading...
--00:25:35--  http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
           => `./install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz'
Resolving fpdownload.macromedia.com... 88.221.14.70
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com|88.221.14.70|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
00:25:36 ERROR 404: Not Found.

download failed
The Flash plugin is NOT installed.
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That's because...

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$ wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
--00:28:06--  http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
           => `install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz'
Resolving fpdownload.macromedia.com... 88.221.14.70
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com|88.221.14.70|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
00:28:06 ERROR 404: Not Found.
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ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Dec  4 00:21:53 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.124.0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

** Affects: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Tags: apport-bug

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Hardy: Flash can't be installed since install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz can't be retrieved 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304969
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