Comment 26 for bug 85969

The personal tactical fix is to download the docs for the correct version and then move the file to the tmp directory and rename it to what's expected.

The strategic fix is to have synaptic download it and install it.

Jeff

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: kingtiger01 <email address hidden>
> i agree, there also should be a small GUI utility for Setting Primary
> Java/Flash versions. i use GCJ personally for small things, but when i
> need to use the JDK, i cant set it to use the Java-6 non-free version as
> easy.
>
> -- Just food for thought, though its off topic. - I fixed my issue,
> after removing and re-installing Java-doc
>
> --
> Java Docs Package Won't Install
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/85969
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> of the bug.
>
> Status in “j2se1.4-i586” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in “sun-java5” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in “sun-java6” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: sun-java6-doc
>
> This is also a problem with the java5 version of this package
>
> Trying to install these packages produces a message:
>
> Setting up sun-java6-doc (6-00-2ubuntu1) ...
> This package is an installer package, it does not actually contain the
> JDK documentation. You will need to go download one of the
> archives:
>
> jdk-6-doc.zip jdk-6-doc-ja.zip
>
> (choose the non-update version if this is the first installation).
> Please visit
>
> http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/
>
> now and download. The file should be owned by root.root and be copied
> to /tmp.
>
> [Press RETURN to try again, 'no' + RETURN to abort]
>
> We should probably use wget or something to grab these files and save users the
> hassle. This is annoying and unnecessary.