Package: sun-java5-bin Version: 1.5.0-06-1 When trying to install sun-java5-jdk, the installation failed with "subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 10" for sun-java5-bin. I have no idea what went wrong. This is the output from when I tried to install it.
# aptitude install sun-java5-jdk Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Building tag database... Done The following NEW packages will be automatically installed: gsfonts-x11 sun-java5-bin sun-java5-demo sun-java5-jre The following NEW packages will be installed: gsfonts-x11 sun-java5-bin sun-java5-demo sun-java5-jdk sun-java5-jre 0 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 44.4MB of archives. After unpacking 113MB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Writing extended state information... Done Get:1 http://ftp.se.debian.org unstable/non-free sun-java5-bin 1.5.0-06-1 [22.1MB] Get:2 http://ftp.se.debian.org unstable/non-free sun-java5-jre 1.5.0-06-1 [7341kB] Get:3 http://ftp.se.debian.org unstable/non-free sun-java5-demo 1.5.0-06-1 [9870kB] Get:4 http://ftp.se.debian.org unstable/non-free sun-java5-jdk 1.5.0-06-1 [4985kB] Get:5 http://ftp.se.debian.org unstable/main gsfonts-x11 0.19 [9412B] Fetched 44.4MB in 10m28s (70.5kB/s) debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed Selecting previously deselected package sun-java5-bin. (Reading database ... 132825 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking sun-java5-bin (from .../sun-java5-bin_1.5.0-06-1_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sun-java5-bin_1.5.0-06-1_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 10 Selecting previously deselected package sun-java5-jre. Unpacking sun-java5-jre (from .../sun-java5-jre_1.5.0-06-1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package sun-java5-demo. Unpacking sun-java5-demo (from .../sun-java5-demo_1.5.0-06-1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package sun-java5-jdk. Unpacking sun-java5-jdk (from .../sun-java5-jdk_1.5.0-06-1_i386.deb) ... sun-dlj-v1-1 license has already been accepted Selecting previously deselected package gsfonts-x11. Unpacking gsfonts-x11 (from .../gsfonts-x11_0.19_all.deb) ... dpkg: warning - unable to delete old directory `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1': Directory not empty Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/sun-java5-bin_1.5.0-06-1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up gsfonts-x11 (0.19) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of sun-java5-jre: sun-java5-jre depends on sun-java5-bin (= 1.5.0-06-1) | ia32-sun-java5-bin (= 1.5.0-06-1); however: Package sun-java5-bin is not installed. Package ia32-sun-java5-bin is not installed. dpkg: error processing sun-java5-jre (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of sun-java5-jdk: sun-java5-jdk depends on sun-java5-jre (= 1.5.0-06-1); however: Package sun-java5-jre is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing sun-java5-jdk (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of sun-java5-demo: sun-java5-demo depends on sun-java5-jre (= 1.5.0-06-1); however: Package sun-java5-jre is not configured yet. sun-java5-demo depends on sun-java5-jdk (= 1.5.0-06-1); however: Package sun-java5-jdk is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing sun-java5-demo (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: sun-java5-jre sun-java5-jdk sun-java5-demo # After this failing attemt, I tried again using 'apt-get install sun-java5-bin', and now it installed as it should: # apt-get install sun-java5-bin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: sun-java5-bin 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 3 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/22.1MB of archives. After unpacking 66.6MB of additional disk space will be used. debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed (Reading database ... 135316 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking sun-java5-bin (from .../sun-java5-bin_1.5.0-06-1_i386.deb) ... sun-dlj-v1-1 license has already been accepted Setting up sun-java5-jre (1.5.0-06-1) ... Setting up sun-java5-bin (1.5.0-06-1) ... Setting up sun-java5-jdk (1.5.0-06-1) ... Setting up sun-java5-demo (1.5.0-06-1) ... minerva:/# ls /var/lib/dpkg/info/sun-java5-bin. sun-java5-bin.conffiles sun-java5-bin.postinst sun-java5-bin.prerm sun-java5-bin.list sun-java5-bin.postrm sun-java5-bin.md5sums sun-java5-bin.preinst # -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

