Ubuntu: Problem installing flash player

Recently, I installed ubuntu updates and my browser asked me for flash player, which was previously installed. i tried to install using the regular command

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

But, it says

flashplugin-installer is already the newest version

Finally, I found the workaround. Previous installation has to removed first (which anyway is not working)
Run the following commands :

sudo apt-get purge flashplugin-installer
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

Viola!! It works now.