Ubuntu :: Broken Adobe Flashplayer - Can Neither Remove Nor Reinstall

I am running Ububtu Linux 10.04. When I attempt to install the latest version of the Adobe flashplayer (10.0.45.2ubuntu1), the Synaptic Package Manager (SPM) tries to remove flashplugin-nonfree and install flashplugin-installer. That fails with the message

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E: flashplugin-nonfree: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. So, then I attempted to reinstall flashplugin-nonfree package but the SPM does not allow me to either install or remove the broken flashplugin-nonfree package. I tried the same things using the Ubuntu Software Center (USC) with the same failure.

Tried:

Code:

$ aptitude show flashplugin-nonfree

Code:

Package: flashplugin-nonfree
State: partially configured
Automatically installed: no

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