[maximilian]

I also went through this, gave up, then downloaded the tarball, and copied the plugin to its spot in /var/lib/.

I did backup the old plugin though, just in case.

I also tried just updating Chrome, which is supposed to have the newer flash version, but it didn't have it. Not sure why..

[kevindication]

Is this the first time you've circumvented the package management system? If you have done it before, maybe that's the cause of the pain now? Just guessing, since these things usually work without any complaint for me.