Re: problems installing java

[Kristian Niemi <rance@mbnet.fi>]

I still don't have java working; Firebird just crashes, so I'm probably 
/not/ the best one to give any suggestions here -- *but* my first 
question to you would be, do you *have* those directories dpkg mentions, 
particularly the latter one? ;)

h: Krisse


tripolar wrote:
> 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?