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tomcat5.5 package

package tomcat5.5 5.5.25-5ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #240749 reported by kannanuv on 2008-06-17

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #179447: Installation of tomcat5.5 fails if openjdk-6 or a JRE is installed. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	tomcat5.5 (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: tomcat5.5

tried installing tomcat through synaptic and It failed

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jun 17 11:59:24 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: tomcat5.5 5.5.25-5ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: tomcat5.5
Title: package tomcat5.5 5.5.25-5ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-18-generic i686

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kannanuv (kannanuv) wrote on 2008-06-17:

Dependencies.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (3.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) wrote on 2008-07-15:

That's because tomcat5.5 5.5.25-5ubuntu1 fails to install with the following error:

Setting up tomcat5.5 (5.5.25-5ubuntu1) ...
Adding system user `tomcat55' (UID 112) ...
Adding new user `tomcat55' (UID 112) with group `nogroup' ...
Not creating home directory `/usr/share/tomcat5.5'.
* no JDK found - please set JAVA_HOME
invoke-rc.d: initscript tomcat5.5, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing tomcat5.5 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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kannanuv (kannanuv) wrote on 2008-07-15: Re: [Bug 240749] Re: package tomcat5.5 5.5.25-5ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

But why didnt JDK get added as one of the dependencies automatically?

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Pascal De Vuyst <email address hidden>
wrote:

> That's because tomcat5.5 5.5.25-5ubuntu1 fails to install with the
> following error:
>
> Setting up tomcat5.5 (5.5.25-5ubuntu1) ...
> Adding system user `tomcat55' (UID 112) ...
> Adding new user `tomcat55' (UID 112) with group `nogroup' ...
> Not creating home directory `/usr/share/tomcat5.5'.
> * no JDK found - please set JAVA_HOME
> invoke-rc.d: initscript tomcat5.5, action "start" failed.
> dpkg: error processing tomcat5.5 (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> --
> package tomcat5.5 5.5.25-5ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
> post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240749
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