Apt will not install j2re1.4 on an espresso install

[Phillip Heath]

Binary package hint: j2re1.4

j2re1.4 will not install on a espresso install of Dapper by apt-get install. Sun-j2re1.5 also will not install this way.

Both install fine on a text based install of Dapper through apt-get install.

These packages will install through synaptic. I believe it has to do with the license dialog since none of these packages display the licenses through apt. However the licenses do appear when using synaptic.

Here is the terminal output for j2re1.4

test@test-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install j2re1.4
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Suggested packages:
  mozilla-browser mozilla-firefox galeon
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  j2re1.4
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/22.5MB of archives.
After unpacking 60.3MB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
j2re1.4 failed to preconfigure, with exit status 10
Selecting previously deselected package j2re1.4.
(Reading database ... 72112 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking j2re1.4 (from .../j2re1.4_1.4.2.02-1ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/j2re1.4_1.4.2.02-1ubuntu3_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/j2re1.4_1.4.2.02-1ubuntu3_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
test@test-desktop:~$

[Phillip Heath (mstlyevil)]

Wrong version. i386 not amd64

[coderef3 (coderef3)]

just to make a comment:
The packages affected by the above bug are :
j2re1.4
sun-java5-jre
sun-java5-sdk

[Yuriy Kozlov (yuriy-kozlov)]

If the license doesn't appear when using apt-get, do:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure debconf

and select "dialog".

[Phillip Heath (mstlyevil)]

Thank you for this information. It works perfectly. I will post this on Ubuntu forums so other users know what is going on.

Regards
Phillip

Yuriy Kozlov <email address hidden> wrote: If the license doesn't appear when using apt-get, do:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure debconf

and select "dialog".

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Apt will not install j2re1.4 on an espresso install
https://launchpad.net/bugs/46096

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[Yuriy Kozlov (yuriy-kozlov)]

"I will post this on Ubuntu forums so other users know what is going on."

I got it from the forums:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=176426&page=11

[coderef3 (coderef3)]

This is still an outstanding bug with all softwares that have proprietary licenses (The ones that have come to my notice are the following: sun-java5-jre, sun-java5-jdk j2re1.4 and flashplugin-nonfree).

They can be installed from synaptic, but cannot be installed from apt-get because it does not default to "dialog" on its own which it should.

The fix (of reconfiguring debconf) should not be left to users to figure out.

Please fix this bug ASAP.

[Josh Ancill (mempf)]

I see no need for me or anyone else to have to manually use the command dpkg-reconfigure debconf just to install something as necessary as java.

Although it's jsut an annoyance to me i'm sure tons of people wont even be able to figure out why there java or anyhting with that kind of license won't isntall for them.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

The debconf/frontend=Noninteractive problem will be fixed in the final release desktop CDs.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

j2re1.4 has a different issue from sun-java5; it doesn't even try to handle db_input failing at all.

[coderef3 (coderef3)]

flashplugin-nonfree also has the same license issue on espresso installs. Please correct this bug as well.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

the debconf mode will be set to somethings else than noninteractive; also making the error message more prominent.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

fixed in 1.5.0-07

* Give a more verbose error message when the license or the agreement
    question cannot be presented; point to 'dpkg-reconfigure debconf' to
    select a frontend other than noninteractive. Ubuntu #44891, #45292, #46096.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

No longer ships in Ubuntu post-gutsy.