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Neil Winchurst wrote: > I have received some help from members, but there still seem to be some > problems. > > I tried to install a couple of java packages in order to get java > working with my browsers. The problem is that Sun require acceptance > of their rules before the install can complete. When I used Adept to > install I was not able to accept the rules because I did not see > anywhere on screen to do so. This caused the package database to remain > locked. I have cleared that. > > Now I cannot install any new packages because the two java files are > still around and waiting to be fully installed. > > for example I tried to use apt-get to install a new package with the > following result - > > neilwin@Minerva:~$ sudo apt-get install digikam-doc > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > required: libgwenhywfar38 libaqdtaus3 libqbanking4 libktoblzcheck1c2a > libaqbanking16 libaqbanking-plugins-libgwenhywfar38 libaqhbci10 > libaqgeldkarte4 libchipcard2-0c2 libgwenhywfar-data libaqbanking-data > Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages > will be installed: sun-java5-bin sun-java5-jre > Suggested packages: > sun-java5-plugin ia32-sun-java5-plugin sun-java5-fonts > ttf-sazanami-gothic ttf-sazanami-mincho Recommended packages: > gsfonts-x11 > The following NEW packages will be installed: > digikam-doc > The following packages will be upgraded: > sun-java5-bin sun-java5-jre > 2 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded. > 2 not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 40.8MB/70.6MB of archives. > After unpacking 129MB of additional disk space will be used. > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n > Abort. > > As you can see kubuntu wanted to finish installing the two java > packages as well as the new one I wanted. I cancelled it all. > > Until I can clear this up I am unable to upgrade or newly install > anything. Would it be safe to remove or purge the two java programs so > that they are no longer looking to be fully installed? > > I would be happy to finish the installation of those two programs > instead, but I cannot see a way to accept the rules as required by Sun > so I will end up with the package list hung again. > > Can anyone help to clear this up please? > > Neil Winchurst > > I've found that if adept has hung and I try and close it I get a message saying something like "uncommitted changes not completed, do you want to quit" (a rough aproximation of the message) and if I say yes the next time I go in to adept all the previously queued stuff is gone. -- simon.robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.oldhouse-cottage.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html