Re: problems installing java

[tripolar <tripolar@comcast.net>]

well back in town and trying to install java on mothers pc so she can
goto websites with java.
I first upgraded her system to sid ( because that is what mine is)
then added a site from apt-get.org for j2re1.4
did apt-get install j2re1.4
then this-
Setting up j2re1.4 (1.4.0.99beta-1) ...
update-alternatives: unable to make
/usr/lib/mozilla-cvs/plugins/javaplugin_oji.so.dpkg-tmp a symlink to
/etc/a            lternatives/javaplugin_oji-mozilla-cvs.so: No such
file or directory
dpkg: error processing j2re1.4 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 j2re1.4
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

any ideas?

On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 17:56, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 15:03, tripolar wrote:
> > it didnt work. mom just tried to access her pogo games ,  yeah she is 
> > addicted ;-)
> > and got java not working error. I was trying to get it worked out for 
> > her before I went out of state :-( no such luck.
> > will have to try again when I get back
> > thanks
> 
> To /etc/apt/sources.list:
> 
> deb http://jopa.studentenweb.org/debian ./
> 
> Then: apt-get install j2re1.4
> 
> It'll do it's magic.