package sun-java6-jre 6-13-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

[sweeny_here]

Tried installing sun-java6-jre 6-13-1 using Synaptic package manager on Ubuntu 9.04 32-bit but the package manager reported this error.

> lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04

> cat /proc/version_signature
Ubuntu 2.6.28-11.42-generic

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: sun-java6-jre 6-13-1
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: sun-java6
Title: package sun-java6-jre 6-13-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

[sweeny_here (development-tecktonik)]

Solution -

Removed broken packages sun-java6-jre 6-13-1 using Synaptic.

Also removed the manually installed Sun Java package of jdk-6u14-linux-i586.bin from directory /usr/lib/jvm/.

Restarted the system and did a fresh install of sun-java6-jre 6-13-1 and sun-java6-jdk 6-13-1.

Currently there is no reported broken package error.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 303609, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.