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package sun-java5-doc 1.5.0-16-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #319875 reported by animesh on 2009-01-22

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #364984: couldn't install java docs failed to install/upgrade. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	sun-java6 (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

package sun-java6-doc 6-10-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:
libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1ubuntu11
gcc-4.3-base 4.3.2-1ubuntu11
unzip 5.52-11ubuntu1
findutils 4.4.0-2ubuntu3
libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu8
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: sun-java5-doc 1.5.0-16-3
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: sun-java5
Title: package sun-java5-doc 1.5.0-16-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686

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animesh (animesh1986) wrote on 2009-01-22:

DpkgTerminalLog.gz Edit (12.7 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand) wrote on 2009-01-26:

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

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rww (rww-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2009-03-15:

Ubuntu is unable to package Sun Java's actual documentation files due to licensing restrictions, and thus uses an installer package which, during install, provides instructions on where to get the documentation. The error you reported says this:

"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."

Please follow these instructions, then install sun-java6-doc again. I am marking this report as invalid, as this package is working as intended.