[JIRA] (JENKINS-31814) dpkg error installing jenkins 1.639 on debian platforms

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Patrik Hagedorn commented on JENKINS-31814   Re: dpkg error installing jenkins 1.639 on debian platforms Hi, I had the same issue on clean Debian 8.7 while installing the latest LTS version 2.32.3. If I install a Java version before the jenkins debian package then the installation succeeded. (Like Trevor Jones did in comment-250218) The fix for me was to unpack the debian package and update the control file to add Pre-Depends. I can confirm what Blake Covarrubias mentioned in his post. Unpack the debian package: jenkins$ ar -x ./jenkins_2.32.3_all.deb jenkins$ ls control.tar.gz data.tar.xz debian-binary jenkins_2.32.3_all.deb Unpack the control.tar.gz: jenkins$ mkdir control jenkins$ mv control.tar.gz control/ jenkins$ cd control/ jenkins/control$ tar -xzf control.tar.gz jenkins/control$ ls conffiles control control.tar.gz md5sums postinst postrm prerm Update the control file and add the following line before Depends: Pre-Depends: default-jre-headless (>= 2:1.7) | java7-runtime-headless (The Pre-Depends statement will ensure the dependencies are ready to use for jenkins in installation process. Further reading: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html) Pack the control.tar.gz with updated control file: jenkins/control$ ls conffiles control control.tar.gz md5sums postinst postrm prerm jenkins/control$ rm control.tar.gz jenkins/control$ tar -czvf ../control.tar.gz ./ Pack the debian package: jenkins/control$ cd .. jenkins$ ar -r jenkins_2.32.3_all.deb debian-binary control.tar.gz data.tar.xz   If installed through apt-get install from a debian repository server the installation will succeed. Please add the Pre-Depends statement to the debian packages. Thanks.   Regards Patrik Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.3.0#73011-sha1:3c73d0e) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Issues" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jenkinsci-issues+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.