Re: [SOLVED]Re: Problems with adobe-flashplugin
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On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:58:36 +0100
Sjoerd Hiemstra <shiems146@kpnplanet.nl> wrote:
> Frank McCormick:
> > Andrew Sackville-West:
> > > Frank McCormick:
> > > > I am at wits end....about to wipe the partition
> > >
> > state...strangely enough it's in a file called "status" :)
> > I hesitate to reveal this but what I did was open the file,
> > removed the adobe-flashplayer info..and resaved. Problem
> > gone...aptitude is now happy and will do whatever I ask (except
> > make the coffee). I know this is what would be considered brute
> > force...but in my case it worked. I DO NOT recommend it to anyone
>
> Anyway, I can confirm that it worked here, having had the same
> problem with package python-apt.... problem gone! :-)
>
> BTW, a new entry for python-apt appears to have been entered in
> /var/lib/dpkg/status; it looks OK.
It's the first time I've had to do anything this drastic with Debian
but it seemed the only way of getting back on track. Glad it worked
for you as well. Hope our machines don't blow up :)
- --
Frank
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