Debian – Need to install openjdk-6-jre-headless, but the Debian package won’t install. How to do

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I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I have Debian Lenny and am trying to install openjdk-6-jre-headless

Also, I do have plenty of RAM available, but the installation keeps on failing.

sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jre-headless

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libhtml-template-perl mysql-server-5.0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  openjdk-6-jre-lib
Suggested packages:
  libnss-mdns sun-java6-fonts
Recommended packages:
  ca-certificates-java
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  openjdk-6-jre-headless openjdk-6-jre-lib
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
Need to get 28.8MB of archives.
After this operation, 79.7MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Get:1 http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main openjdk-6-jre-lib 6b11-9.1+lenny2 [5271kB]
Get:2 http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b11-9.1+lenny2 [23.6MB]
Fetched 28.8MB in 4s (6194kB/s)                   
Selecting previously deselected package openjdk-6-jre-lib.
(Reading database ... 24343 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking openjdk-6-jre-lib (from .../openjdk-6-jre-lib_6b11-9.1+lenny2_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package openjdk-6-jre-headless.
Unpacking openjdk-6-jre-headless (from .../openjdk-6-jre-headless_6b11-9.1+lenny2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up openjdk-6-jre-lib (6b11-9.1+lenny2) ...
Setting up openjdk-6-jre-headless (6b11-9.1+lenny2) ...
*** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/java: free(): invalid pointer: 0xb7639274 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6[0xb7ec0845]
/lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0x9c)[0xb7ec26ec]
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so[0xb79cfab1]
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so[0xb798fe3b]
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so[0xb7991740]
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so[0xb7995ce6]
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so(JNI_CreateJavaVM+0x69)[0xb781c699]
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/java(JavaMain+0x9e)[0x804a36e]
/lib/libpthread.so.0[0xb7fa1f3b]
/lib/libc.so.6(clone+0x5e)[0xb7f20bee]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-08050000 r-xp 00000000 fe:02 7831580                            /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java
08050000-08051000 rw-p 00008000 fe:02 7831580                            /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java
08051000-08072000 rw-p 08051000 00:00 0                                  [heap]
95300000-95321000 rw-p 95300000 00:00 0 
95321000-95400000 ---p 95321000 00:00 0 
954cf000-954db000 r-xp 00000000 fe:02 6285821                            /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
954db000-954dc000 rw-p 0000b000 fe:02 6285821                            /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
954dc000-b54dc000 rwxp 954dc000 00:00 0 
b54dc000-b54dd000 rwxp b54dc000 00:00 0 
b54dd000-b555c000 rwxp b54dd000 00:00 0 
b555c000-b5584000 rwxp b555c000 00:00 0 
b5584000-b755c000 rwxp b5584000 00:00 0 
b755c000-b7563000 r-xp 00000000 fe:02 7825080                            /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/libzip.so
b7563000-b7564000 rw-p 00006000 fe:02 7825080                            /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/libzip.so
b7564000-b7588000 r-xp 00000000 fe:02 7825070                            /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/libjava.so
b7588000-b758a000 rw-p 00023000 fe:02 7825070                            /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/libjava.so
b758a000-b7596000 r-xp 00000000 fe:02 7825086                            /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/libverify.so
b7596000-b7597000 rw-p 0000c000 fe:02 7825086                            /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/libverify.so
b7597000-b759f000 rw-s 00000000 fe:02 7831614                            (deleted) /tmp/hsperfdata_root/680
b759f000-b75a8000 r-xp 00000000 fe:02 6287813                            /lib/libnss_files-2.7.so
b75a8000-b75aa000 rw-p 00008000 fe:02 6287813                            /lib/libnss_files-2.7.so
b75aa000-b75b2000 r-xp 00000000 fe:02 6287802                            /lib/libnss_nis-2.7.so
b75b2000-b75b4000 rw-p 00007000 fe:02 6287802                            /lib/libnss_nis-2.7.so
b75b4000-b75bb000 r-xp 00000000 fe:02 6287806                            /lib/libnss_compat-2.7.so
b75bb000-b75bd000 rw-p 00006000 fe:02 6287806                            /lib/libnss_compat-2.7.so
b75bd000-b75d0000 r-xp 00000000 fe:02 6287803                            /lib/libnsl-2.7.so
b75d0000-b75d2000 rw-p 00012000 fe:02 6287803                            /lib/libnsl-2.7.so
b75d2000-b75d4000 rw-p b75d2000 00:00 0 
b75d9000-b75e0000 r-xp 00000000 fe:02 7825067                            /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/native_threads/libhpi.so
b75e0000-b75e1000 rw-p 00006000 fe:02 7825067                            /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/native_threads/libhpi.so
b75e1000-b75e8000 r-xp 00000000 fe:02 6287811                            /lib/librt-2.7.so
b75e8000-b75ea000 rw-p 00006000 fe:02 6287811                            /lib/librt-2.7.so
b75ea000-b75ed000 ---p b75ea000 00:00 0 
b75ed000-b763a000 rwxp b75ed000 00:00 0 
b763a000-b765e000 r-xp 00000000 fe:02 6287793                            /lib/libm-2.7.so
b765e000-b7660000 rw-p 00023000 fe:02 6287793                            /lib/libm-2.7.so
b7660000-b7a18000 r-xp 00000000 fe:02 7825079                            /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so
b7a18000-b7a37000 rw-p 003b8000 fe:02 7825079                            /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so
b7a37000-b7e56000 rw-p b7a37000 00:00 0 
b7e56000-b7f8e000 r-xp 00000000 fe:02 6287808                            /lib/libc-2.7.so
b7f8e000-b7f8f000 r--p 00138000 fe:02 6287808                            /lib/libc-2.7.so
b7f8f000-b7f91000 rw-p 00139000 fe:02 6287808                            /lib/libc-2.7.so
b7f91000-b7f94000 rw-p b7f91000 00:00 0 
b7f94000-b7f96000 r-xp 00000000 fe:02 6287805                            /lib/libdl-2.7.so
b7f96000-b7f98000 rw-p 00001000 fe:02 6287805                            /lib/libdl-2.7.so
b7f98000-b7f9b000 r-xp 00000000 fe:02 7825053                            /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/jli/libjli.so
b7f9b000-b7f9c000 rw-p 00003000 fe:02 7825053                            /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/jli/libjli.so
b7f9c000-b7fb0000 r-xp 00000000 fe:02 6287801                            /lib/libpthread-2.7.so
b7fb0000-b7fb2000 rw-p 00013000 fe:02 6287801                            /lib/libpthread-2.7.so
b7fb2000-b7fb5000 rw-p b7fb2000 00:00 0 
b7fb5000-b7fc9000 r-xp 00000000 fe:02 6286645                            /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.3.3
b7fc9000-b7fca000 rw-p 00013000 fe:02 6286645                            /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.3.3
b7fcd000-b7fce000 rw-p b7fcd000 00:00 0 
b7fce000-b7fcf000 r--p b7fce000 00:00 0 
b7fcf000-b7fd1000 rw-p b7fcf000 00:00 0 
b7fd1000-b7feb000 r-xp 00000000 fe:02 6287796                            /lib/ld-2.7.so
b7feb000-b7fed000 rw-p 0001a000 fe:02 6287796                            /lib/ld-2.7.so
bffc6000-bffd9000 rwxp 7ffffffea000 00:00 0                              [stack]
bffd9000-bffdb000 rw-p 7fffffffd000 00:00 0 
bfffe000-c0000000 r-xp bfffe000 00:00 0                                  [vdso]
/var/lib/dpkg/info/openjdk-6-jre-headless.postinst: line 73:   680 Aborted                 $basedir/bin/java -client -Xshare:dump -Xmx256m -XX:PermSize=128m > $log
Error occurred during initialization of VM
Could not reserve enough space for object heap
dpkg: error processing openjdk-6-jre-headless (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 openjdk-6-jre-headless
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Best Answer

This looks a lot like Debian bug 517084.

So you'll probably have to wait until that gets fixed. If the Debian devs can't help you, it's relatively unlikely someone here will be able to.

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Debian – Running Stable and Installing Packages from Testing

Many people seem to be afraid of mixing stable with testing, but frankly, testing is fairly stable in its own right, and with proper preferences and solution checking, you can avoid the "stability drift" that puts your core packages on the unstable path.

"Testing is fairly stable??", you ask. Yes. In order for a package to migrate from unstable to testing, it has to have zero open bugs for 10 consecutive days. Chances are that, especially for the more popular packages, somebody is going to submit a bug report for an unstable version if something is wrong.

Even if you don't want to mix the environments, it's still nice to have the option there in case you run into something that requires a newer version than what is in stable.

Here's what I recommend for setting this up:

First, create the following files in /etc/apt/preferences.d:

stable.pref:

# 500 <= P < 990: causes a version to be installed unless there is a
# version available belonging to the target release or the installed
# version is more recent

Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 900

testing.pref:

# 100 <= P < 500: causes a version to be installed unless there is a
# version available belonging to some other distribution or the installed
# version is more recent

Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 400

unstable.pref:

# 0 < P < 100: causes a version to be installed only if there is no
# installed version of the package

Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 50

experimental.pref:

# 0 < P < 100: causes a version to be installed only if there is no
# installed version of the package

Package: *
Pin: release a=experimental
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(Don't be afraid of the unstable/experimental stuff here. The priorities are low enough that it's never going to automatically install any of that stuff. Even the testing branch will behave, as it's only going to install the packages you want to be in testing.)

Now, creating a matching set for /etc/apt/sources.list.d:

stable.list: Copy from your original /etc/apt/sources.list. Rename the old file to something like sources.list.orig.

testing.list: Same as stable.list, except with testing.

unstable.list: Same as stable.list, except with unstable, and remove the security lists.

experimental.list: Same as unstable.list, except with experimental.

You can also add a oldstable in sources.lists.d and preferences.d (use a priority of 1), though this moniker will tend to expire and disappear before the next stable cycle. In cases like that, you can use http://archive.debian.org/debian/ and "hardcode" the Debian version (etch, lenny, etc.).

To install the testing version of a package, simply use aptitude install lib-foobar-package/testing, or just jump into aptitude's GUI and select the version inside of the package details (hit enter on the package you're looking at).

If you get complaints of package conflicts, look at the solutions first. In most cases, the first one is going to be "don't install this version". Learn to use the per-package accept/reject resolver choices. For example, if you're installing foobar-package/testing, and the first solution is "don't install foobar-package/testing", then mark that choice as rejected, and the other solutions will never veer to that path again. In cases like these, you'll probably have to install a few other testing packages.

If it's getting too hairy (like it's trying to upgrade libc or the kernel or some other huge core system), then you can either reject those upgrade paths or just back out of the initial upgrade altogether. Remember that it's only going to upgrade stuff to testing/unstable if you allow it to.

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Php – Install Previous Version of PHP Package from Debian Testing Using Apt

apt-get is made to register only one version of a package for a release/architecture. You cannot get the package via apt-get if it's been replaced in the repository.

It's also likely that the previous version was purged from the repository, unless it is still referred to by another release (which I don't think it's the case here).

You don't have it in your cache either, otherwise you would be able to install it.

You could still try to find it on http://snapshot.debian.net.

If you still fail to find it, we can arrange something if you need it packaged, contact me.

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