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Jonas
Asked: 2011-03-05 06:24:30 +0800 CST

How can I install other applications after a failed installation using apt-get?

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I have a VPS with Ubuntu Server 10.10 x64.

I tried to install Java using apt-get install openjdk-6-jre but that fails, see ca-certificates-java fails to install.

Now I would like to install PHP with sudo apt-get install nginx php5-fpm php-apc php5-pgsql php5-suhosin but that also fails, with the same error message as I had with Java. Why is that? How can I install other applications now after the installation of Java has failed?

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  1. Best Answer

    You can't install other applications until you resolve the problem with ca-certificates-java. apt-get won't let you keep any packages in an unconfigured state.

    If you are not able to resolve the problem (you should - just google the error message Java gives you), force removal of the package:

    sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/info/ca-certificates-java.postinst /var/lib/dpkg/info/ca-certificates-java.postinst.backup
sudo apt-get purge ca-certificates-java
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  2. it seems like a broken ca-certificates-java package. Because the apt error says:

    1 not fully installed or removed.

    First try to remove it with: dpkg -r ca-certificates-java

    and reinstall it with apt: apt-get install ca-certificates-java

    if other Dependencies are not resolvable, try apt-get -f install to resolve failed dependencies.

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