wine users - Feb 2012 - Hello all

Hello fellow Wine users, im having some issues and would love some pointers on
how to fix this.

For some unknown reason, my Ubuntu wont let me download Adobe or Java. So I cant
watch videos, or play flash games.
I get this error when I try to download Adobe:
The installation or removal of a software package failed
installArchives() failed: dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:

 unable to create `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/tmp.i': Is a directory
And this when I try to download Java:
installArchives() failed: Preconfiguring packages ...

Preconfiguring packages ...

Preconfiguring packages ...

dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:

 unable to create `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/tmp.i': Is a directory


So i was curious on if someone had a way to download Adobe/Java through WINE. I
looked around, but was un-able to find anything without it failing, or trying to
give me a virus.
If there is already another topic about this, I apologize for the un-needed
post, but it sucks not being able to do anything but sit here xD
Anyways,
Thanks in advance.
~Syberia

You really don't want to install Java under Wine unless you have something
very special in mind.

Best to ask the Ubuntu folks for help with Java.  (And what Adobe package are
you talking about?)

Adobe flash plug-in 10 is what I need to download to even play flash games. x-x