Adept Can't Handle Packages with Dialogs

[Matt Endebrock]

Background: After reading the Kubuntu Desktop Guide section on programming, I 
followed the desktop guide advice and attempted to install the Java Runtime 
Environment Package "sun-java5-bin" *using Adept*. The installation appeared 
to hang,  so I looked at the details and found what appeared to be an ncurses 
dialog (that I couldn't do anything with). The package wouldn't install so I 
had to quit Adept.
As expected, this locked the package database, preventing me from using Adept 
for further package management until I could fix it. I had to force a 
reinstall of the package from the command line using dpkg (I did some reading 
and muddled my way through this part. If someone knows the correct syntax and 
arguments for performing this work, please reply to this post.)
I understand that the jre package comes from the multiverse repositories and 
is considered to be unsupported, but the Desktop Guide *does* recommend this 
package and gives no warning about having to install it from the command 
line.