java6 rte was broken while installing , making synaptic package manager hang up

[drsaid]

i was installing java 6 , by the command line interface, then hanged up,, then the package apport
i tryied to remove , but dont , it sayesThe following details are provided:
E: sun-java6-jre: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
, how can i remove and repair my package manager

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
Package: sun-java6-jre 6-10-0ubuntu2 [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/sun-java6-jre.list]
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: sun-java6
Title: package sun-java6-jre 6-10-0ubuntu2 [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/sun-java6-jre.list] failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686

[Florian Diesch (diesch)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

[drsaid (drphsdsk)]

i marked for upgrading , then it installed, after i mark for complete removal ,because it does not work for online dominos games
what can i do to install it and enable it to play dominoes online
thanx

[James Stansell (jamesstansell)]

drsaid,

Please see your question here: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sun-java6/+question/52934