Java installation couldn't find libxml-sax-perl, libxml-libxml-perl, libxml-sax-expat-perl

[Ross Chapman]

Binary package hint: libxml-sax-perl

I was trying to install java on Ubuntu 0.10 but the install reported the following error:

Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libxml-sax-perl
 libxml-libxml-perl
 libxml-sax-expat-perl
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Dec 2 10:44:35 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: libxml-sax-perl 0.96+dfsg-1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-15.50-generic-pae
SourcePackage: libxml-sax-perl
Title: package libxml-sax-perl 0.96+dfsg-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic-pae i686

[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 13917, 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.