package sun-java6-doc 6-15-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Mei Feng]

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"

emeryvl@njord:/etc$ uname -a
Linux njord 2.6.31-16-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 8 04:01:29 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
emeryvl@njord:/etc$ arch
i686

The sun java docs package would not install.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jan 5 21:03:35 2010
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: sun-java6-doc 6-15-1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: sun-java6
Title: package sun-java6-doc 6-15-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686

[bob (rkoomans)]

I also have this message coming up:-

 Could not initialize the package information
An unresolvable problem occurred while initialising the package information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/au.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

But dont ask me how to fix it! - I have NO IDEA how Ubuntu works... I was only trained on DOS and WINDOWS!
I think maybe that I should delete this partition and re-install UBUNTU?
BTW - I tried WINDOWS7 and it is fantastic! - for me - to have a "SELF-REPAIR MODE upon rebooting out of a corrupted OS, is absolutely MARVELOUS! - and I am SURE that it could not be TOO HARD for Ubuntu to make one SIMILAR!

[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 85969, 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.

@bob, you're problem is not the same as the orginal report. In order to help you, please file a new report against update-manager. Thanks in advance.