root@boson:~# apt-get remove --purge adobe-flashplugin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libnss3-dev libnspr4-dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  adobe-flashplugin*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1845 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 10.4MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 16733 package 'virtualbox':
 error in Version string '1.6.6-35336_Ubuntu_hardy': invalid character in revision number
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 21953 package 'virtualbox':
 error in Version string '1.6.6-35336_Ubuntu_hardy': invalid character in revision number
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 93720 package 'virtualbox-3.0':
 error in Version string '3.0.14-58977_Ubuntu_karmic': invalid character in revision number
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 96964 package 'virtualbox-2.1':
 error in Version string '2.1.4-42893_Ubuntu_hardy': invalid character in revision number
(Reading database ... 379331 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing adobe-flashplugin ...
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
dpkg: error processing adobe-flashplugin (--purge):
 subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
postinst called with argument `abort-remove'
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 adobe-flashplugin
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@boson:~# cd ^C