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MYaseen208
Asked: 2016-10-30 06:51:36 +0800 CST

Installing adobe-flashplugin on Ubuntu 16.10 for Firefox

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I am trying to install adobe-flashplugin on Ubuntu 16.10 for Firefox. I used the following command:

sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin

which throws the following error:

Err:0 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick/partner i386 adobe-flashplugin i386 11.2.202.228-0maverick1
  Insufficient information available to perform this download securely
  Hashes of expected file:
   - SHA1:bff9666cc9f108ae59833a0f44c2499f0a0dd261 [weak]
   - MD5Sum:b92c92245c190c7dc9d4a9bb4bd780c3 [weak]
   - Checksum-FileSize:6591116 [weak]
Err:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick/partner i386 adobe-flash-properties-gtk i386 11.2.202.228-0maverick1
  Insufficient information available to perform this download securely
  Hashes of expected file:
   - SHA1:5ea9ea111686652665cfca3aa1320b064c4f458f [weak]
   - MD5Sum:2ed1fadfb6a07c3ca8ba9b8f3c774edc [weak]
   - Checksum-FileSize:131074 [weak]
E: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.228-0maverick1_i386.deb  Insufficient information available to perform this download securely
   Hashes of expected file:
    - SHA1:bff9666cc9f108ae59833a0f44c2499f0a0dd261 [weak]
    - MD5Sum:b92c92245c190c7dc9d4a9bb4bd780c3 [weak]
    - Checksum-FileSize:6591116 [weak]
E: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flash-properties-gtk_11.2.202.228-0maverick1_i386.deb  Insufficient information available to perform this download securely
   Hashes of expected file:
    - SHA1:5ea9ea111686652665cfca3aa1320b064c4f458f [weak]
    - MD5Sum:2ed1fadfb6a07c3ca8ba9b8f3c774edc [weak]
    - Checksum-FileSize:131074 [weak]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

How can I fix this?

firefox

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list:

    deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu yakkety partner

    and run

    sudo apt update
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  2. It seems that you are pulling from an old repository.

    Go to Software & Updates>Other software.

    Then remove the old repository called:

    http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner

    Then enable the 'Canonical Partners' repository.

    If it doesn't exist, click add and type in:

    deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu yakkety partner

    Next, run:

    sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin

    Flash Player should now be installed. Restart your browser for changes to take effect.

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