oracle-java7-installer blocks all other APT activity

[borepstein]

Hello all,

Tried to install oracle-java7-installer, that went nowhere. OK, no problem. But now I can not uninstall it and no other packages would install. That is on Ubuntu 12.04LTS.

I tried "sudo apt-get clean" - but that doesn't help. Is there a more radical way to get my dpkg database into a manageable state?

Thanks.

Boris.

[mojohn]

Boris, I'm having the same problem. Hopefully, someone will help us out soon!

mojohn

[QIII]

What happened and what error messages did you get? What exactly is happening when you attempt to install new packages?

Where did you get the package and what is the link to the instruction? Were instructions for uninstalling included?

What exactly did you attempt to do to uninstall it?

[Curtis6767]

When you get all this sorted out, you might want to look at these sites. If you're already aware of these sites, followed the instructions there, and still met with failure, then my apologies.

Look each site over first before doing anything.

https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/java

http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-oracle-java-jdk-7-in-ubuntu-via.html

[mojohn]

Did some more research. The instructions at:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/121226/how-to-completely-remove-a-oracle-jdk-that-didnt-install-properly

worked for me.

mojohn