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[jim brown <jimandsalbrown@xxxxxxxxx>]

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?
jim@brownie-mini:~$ 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)

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package openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b09-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222339
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Bug description:
package openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b09-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:  Exit status 1

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Apr 25 18:48:57 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 132
Package: openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b09-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: openjdk-6
Title: package openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b09-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: 
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i586