Layman Linux

Ubuntu 9.10 a.k.a Karmic Koala seems to have a bug which prevents user from installing software packages on their system. No matter from where you try – via console, via double clicking the .deb file or via Ubuntu Software Center the applications simply refuse to get installed. Every time you go ahead to installing software you are given the following error message.

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Package Operation Failed
The installation or removal of a software package failed.

Details:
E:I wasn’t able to locate file for the adobe-flashplugin package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package.

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To rectify this error, simply enter the following commands under a console & now you should be able to install any software packages normally under Ubuntu 9.10.

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/adobe-flashplugin.prerm

sudo dpkg-reconfigure adobe-flashplugin –force

sudo dpkg –purge –force-all adobe-flashplugin

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

Installing software under Linux doesn’t require one to hit the console anymore. Thanks to the graphical package managers available which have made the job of installing, uninstalling & updating software packages a child’s play. Still knowing how to manage software via console is necessary to make yourself a competent Linux user. In this first post I will cover installing software under Debian Linux. I will follow this post with installing softwares on Redhat, installing from source etc.

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