** Description changed: - Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6-686 - After installing the linux-image-686 (or linux-image-686-smp) package on a base 6.06 installation the packages sun-java5-bin, sun-java5-jre and - sun-java5-plugin cannot be installed via apt-get. I'm guessing that this - will be the same for the rest of the sun-java5-* family of packages. + sun-java5-plugin cannot be installed via apt-get, aptitude, gnome-app- + install or synaptic. But the Sun Java package *was* listed in gnome-app- + install - I just couldn't select it for installation. When I tried, I + was returned a message along the lines of "there are no matching + packages available in your selected channels". - Rebooting after installing the new kernel image may or may not be - required for this to happen, but it definitely occurrs after rebooting - and loading the new kernel. The error message returned from 'apt-get - install sun-java-bin' etc, is something like "there are no packages of - that name in your selected channels". + I'm no .deb package expert (I'm a recent convert from rpm-based distros) + but I had a look at the file sun- + java5-bin_1.5.0-06-1_i386->control.tar.tz->control, and the Architecture + line only has "386" in it - will this prevent it from installing ona + system with a 686 kernel? If so, I'm guessing that this problem will + exist for the rest of the 386-specific sun-java5-* packages. + + Now for some background/investigation: + + Rebooting after installing the 686 kernel package may or may not be + required for the above problem to occur, but it definitely occurs after + rebooting and loading the 686 kernel (which is when I found it). Rebooting and loading the default 386 kernel image does not provide a - workaround, but manually downloading and installing with dpkg does work. - I did not try uninstalling the 686 kernel. + workaround, but manually downloading and installing with dpkg does work + (which might contradict what I said above about theArchitecture line in + the 'control' file). I did not try uninstalling the 686 kernel, which + might also be a workaround.
-- Installing linux-image-2.6-686 (or 2.6-686-smp) prevents installation of sun-java5-* packages https://launchpad.net/bugs/55701 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
