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Need java help... URGENT

Alright so I'm guessing my java packages didn't install all the way.

Everytime i apt-get upgrade,

i can't and get told to apt-get -f install and then the java files are the only ones causing trouble.

This is basically what happens on apt-get -f install:

Quote:

:/var/cache/debconf# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre
Suggested packages:
binfmt-support sun-java6-fonts ttf-baekmuk ttf-unfonts ttf-unfonts-core
ttf-kochi-gothic ttf-sazanami-gothic ttf-kochi-mincho ttf-sazanami-mincho
ttf-arphic-uming
The following NEW packages will be installed:
sun-java6-bin
The following packages will be upgraded:
sun-java6-jre
1 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/34.7MB of archives.
After this operation, 99.4MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
(Reading database ...
dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `sun-java6-jre' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
71811 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking sun-java6-bin (from .../sun-java6-bin_6-12-1_i386.deb) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sun-java6-bin_6-12-1_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Preparing to replace sun-java6-jre 6-12-1 (using .../sun-java6-jre_6-12-1_all.deb) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sun-java6-jre_6-12-1_all.deb (--unpack):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for menu ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/sun-java6-bin_6-12-1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/sun-java6-jre_6-12-1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Can anyone help? This is driving me crazy. Been on the same problem for more than a day!

Its a Debian 5.0 VPS if that makes a difference.

Quote:

debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
...
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

The first line suggests that there is a lock file; some other aptitude process is running. The second suggests there is a dpkg error; perhaps you got a corrupted download of the .deb file? I would suggest deleting the local copy and ensuring aptitude is not running in any other processes. Re-fetch the file and try again.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sploot (Post 3961866)

yeah, the .deb file like stopped in the middle of it yesterday and it's been like this ever since.

How would i go about deleting the local copy? the files on the desktop related to them? And aptitude isn't listed on the processes box that's currently running.

Which distro are you running now? I'll see if I can figure out where the local storage is.

Check the directory:
/var/cache/apt/archives/

See if the .deb is there.

To get rid of a corrupt deb file, run

Code:

sudo apt-get clean