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I'M SORRY BUT I NEED HELP AGAIN.

Asked by matthew

I DOWNLOADED LIMEWIRE, NOW I CAN'T OPEN IT

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
Package: sun-java6-jre 6-10-0ubuntu2 [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/sun-java6-jre.list]
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: sun-java6
Title: package sun-java6-jre 6-10-0ubuntu2 [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/sun-java6-jre.list] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686

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This question was originally filed as bug #329956.

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matthew (matt72904) said : 		#1
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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) said : 		#2

Limewire is not supported by Ubuntu; this bug is phrased in terms of a support question.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

Be sure you have java installed is required by Limewire or Frostwire...

Get the .deb packages from http://www.frostwire.com/?id=downloads
and select open with gdebi.

Install it.

How to install Java

To install sun-java6

Please first enable the multiverse repository:

Open System → Administration → Software sources → [ Tab Ubuntu software ]
enable "Software restrictecd by copyright or legal issue ( multiverse )"
Close and confirm the repository reload.

Then open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type:

sudo aptitude update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo aptitude install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

and then select this as your default java jre with

sudo update-java-alternatives

Hope this helps

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