Public bug reported: I tried to install sun-java6-jre on Karmic but got a message about broken packages.
Output of lsb_release -rd: Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch) Release: 9.10 Output of apt-cache policy sun-java6-jre: sun-java6-jre: Installed: (none) Candidate: 6-15-1 Version table: 6-15-1 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Packages Should install the Sun Java 6 runtime environment but instead got this output: $ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies. sun-java6-jre: Depends: java-common (>= 0.24) but it is not installable Depends: sun-java6-bin (= 6-15-1) but it is not going to be installed or ia32-sun-java6-bin (= 6-15-1) but it is not installable Recommends: gsfonts-x11 but it is not installable E: Broken packages Hope this is enough information, if not please let me know. ** Affects: sun-java6 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Cannot install sun-java6-jre on Karmic beta (broken packages) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446209 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs -- universe-bugs mailing list universe-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/universe-bugs