I tried to force the install after the add/remove packages failed - output attached
apt-get install -f E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get install -f [sudo] password for jim: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 3 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up openjdk-6-jre-headless (6b09-0ubuntu2) ... Segmentation fault dpkg: error processing openjdk-6-jre-headless (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openjdk-6-jre: openjdk-6-jre depends on openjdk-6-jre-headless (= 6b09-0ubuntu2); however: Package openjdk-6-jre-headless is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing openjdk-6-jre (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of icedtea-gcjwebplugin: icedtea-gcjwebplugin depends on openjdk-6-jre (>= 6b06); however: Package openjdk-6-jre is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing icedtea-gcjwebplugin (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: openjdk-6-jre-headless openjdk-6-jre icedtea-gcjwebplugin E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- package openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b09-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222339 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs