Re: Problem installing jdk1.1.6

[Joachim Trinkwitz <upp105@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de>]

Gernot Bauer <Gernot.Bauer@jk.uni-linz.ac.at> writes:

> I tried to install jdk1.1.6v4a-3.deb from the slink distribution to my
> hamm-system but some errors occured:
> 
> mother# dpkg -i /home/gbauer/jdk1.1_1.1.6v4a-3.deb
> (Reading database ... 31523 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace jdk1.1 1.1.6v4a-3 (using
> .../gbauer/jdk1.1_1.1.6v4a-3.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement jdk1.1 ...
> Setting up jdk1.1 (1.1.6v4a-3) ...
> Checking available versions of java, updating links in /etc/alternatives
> ...
> (You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.)
> update-alternatives: slave link name /usr/man/man1/java.1.gz duplicated
> dpkg: error processing jdk1.1 (--install):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  jdk1.1
> mother#
> 
I got the same error messages and had to re-install the old version
(jdk1.1-runtime_1.1.5v5-2) -- very bad, because some other packages
(e.g. the postgres pgjava module) depends on jdk1.1 ...   :^( 

I've already posted it as a bug, but there was never a reaction
besides the automatic bug tracking system reply.

I have no idea how to do a workaround, too.

Greetings,
joachim