chris@kids-ubuntu:~$ dpkg -l flash*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
un  flashplayer-mo <none>         (no description available)
un  flashplugin    <none>         (no description available)
ii  flashplugin-no 9.0.48.0.2+rea Adobe Flash Player plugin installer