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

[bob marshall]

The package selected was an installer, not the documentationexpected. The error message indicated how to download the expected documentation from sun. Probable user error.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Dependencies:
 libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1ubuntu12
 gcc-4.3-base 4.3.2-1ubuntu12
 unzip 5.52-11ubuntu1
 findutils 4.4.0-2ubuntu3
 libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu9
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: sun-java6-doc 6-10-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: sun-java6
Title: package sun-java6-doc 6-10-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic x86_64

[rww (rww-deactivatedaccount)]

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 sub-java6-doc again. I am marking this report as invalid, as this package is working as intended.