PepperFlash installer seems broken due present apt update.
tux@z50:~$ LANG=C sudo update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree --install --verbose
options : --install --verbose --
temporary directory: /tmp/pepperflashplugin-nonfree.0EJnGJLTMj
doing apt-get update on google repository
cleaning up temporary directory /tmp/pepperflashplugin-nonfree.0EJnGJLTMj ...
ERROR: failed to retrieve status information from google : W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file './var/lib/apt/lists/partial/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_InRelease' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
More information might be available at:
http://wiki.debian.org/PepperFlashPlayer
Some chatter on the siduction forum recently about google changing where to download from
from DeepDayze post near end.
QuoteI suspect Google no longer allows direct access to the repo and I don't get it what caused the pepperflash updater to break. For now I just grab the Chrome deb and extract the pepperflash plugin manually.
http://forum.siduction.org/index.php?topic=5903.msg48801#msg48801.
Fell free to sleuth some more.
WAIT edited DEbian bug 802779 possible change line 170 from htto to https
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?repeatmerged=no&src=pepperflashplugin-nonfree