Java Problem

[R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar]

> Looks like I found a serious problem here.
> After trying to add Java to Kubuntu and failing,
> I keep getting error messages from Synaptic
> when I try to "Fix Broken"
> The message is:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/j2rei.4_1.4.2.01-1_i386.deb: 
> subprocess pe-installation script returned
> error exit status 10
> 
> Bad file?
> Can someone fix it?
> Frank Arnold

Hi,

I installed the Java packages so:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-j2re1.5 sun-j2sdk1.5

If this does not work because of your /etc/apt/sources.list file, you 
may also want to try the alternative method at:

Ubuntu Forums - HOWTO: Tweaking Ubuntu after your first installation.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=3713

Chandra
24 Aug 2005