Re: [orca-list] Installing Java from Sun Micro

["Mitchell Smith" <mjsotn gmail com>]

Personally I find it easier to "dpkg-reconfigure debconf" and set the 
debconf front-end to readline, it's a bit more manageable than the 
dialog/whiptail front-end.

Please note that if you are going to do this, it's a very good idea to 
"apt-get install libterm-readline-gnu-perl" or "apt-get install 
libterm-readline-perl-perl" first.

Cheers,

Mitch

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Willem van der Walt" <wvdwalt csir co za>
To: "Storm Dragon" <stormdragon2976 gmail com>
Cc: "Orca-list" <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Installing Java from Sun Micro


> Using apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
> from the command line allows you to tab to the yes button where you can
> press enter.
> Regards, Willem
>
>
> On Tue, 3 Feb 2009, Storm Dragon wrote:
>
> > I have gotten it to work sometimes by pressing tab and then typing y
> > then pressing enter.
> > Half the time it just declines the aggreement though.  Sometimes it
> > helps to press backspace a few times before typing y and pressing enter.
> > I haven't found anything relyable though.
> > Storm
> > On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 19:33 -0500, Chris Gilland wrote:
> >
> > > Hey guys, when I went to install ubuntu-restricted-extras, one of the 
> > > things
> > > it installs is Java from SunMicro.  Well, it brings the license 
> > > agreement
> > > up.  I hit the page down key repeatedly and got to the bottom, but all 
> > > that
> > > is down there is a thing that says Ok.  If I type Ok and hit enter, 
> > > nothing
> > > happens, neither does anything happen if I hit y then enter.  space 
> > > does
> > > nothing, enter does nothing, typing yes then enter does nothing.  I'm
> > > totally stumped.  How the blue heck are you supposed to do this!  I had 
> > > to
> > > halt the installation prematurely which seems to a broken both apt, and
> > > aptitude, both.  I did! manage to fix that issue, but, man, how the 
> > > heck do
> > > ya do this!  Heheheheh.  Talk about un obvious!
> > >
> > > Chris.
> > >
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