Comment 0 for bug 179447

Binary package hint: tomcat5.5

Without any JDK installed, tomcat5.5 installation installs:

The following extra packages will be installed:
  ecj jsvc libcommons-daemon-java libecj-java libgcj8-jar
Suggested packages:
  libapache-mod-jk libapache2-mod-jk tomcat5.5-webapps tomcat5.5-admin
Recommended packages:
  ecj-gcj libecj-java-gcj
The following NEW packages will be installed
  ecj jsvc libcommons-daemon-java libecj-java libgcj8-jar tomcat5.5
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 11.3MB of archives.
After unpacking 13.2MB of additional disk space will be used.
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Get: 1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libecj-java 3.3.0+0728-5 [1158kB]
Get: 2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libgcj8-jar 4.2.2-3ubuntu2 [10.0MB]
Get: 3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main ecj 3.3.0+0728-5 [13.6kB]
Get: 4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe libcommons-daemon-java 1.0.2~svn20061127-6 [38.9kB]
Get: 5 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe jsvc 1.0.2~svn20061127-6 [23.7kB]
Get: 6 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe tomcat5.5 5.5.25-1ubuntu1 [60.0kB]
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Selecting previously deselected package libecj-java.
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Setting up libecj-java (3.3.0+0728-5) ...
Setting up libgcj8-jar (4.2.2-3ubuntu2) ...
Setting up ecj (3.3.0+0728-5) ...

Setting up libcommons-daemon-java (1.0.2~svn20061127-6) ...

Setting up jsvc (1.0.2~svn20061127-6) ...
Setting up tomcat5.5 (5.5.25-1ubuntu1) ...
Adding system user `tomcat55' (UID 117) ...
Adding new user `tomcat55' (UID 117) with group `nogroup' ...
Not creating home directory `/usr/share/tomcat5.5'.
 * no JDK found - please set JAVA_HOME
invoke-rc.d: initscript tomcat5.5, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing tomcat5.5 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 tomcat5.5
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

WIth the sun-java6-jdk installed this problem does not occur