Adept Can't Handle Packages with Dialogs

[Tez]

Matt Endebrock wrote:
> 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.
>
>   
I don't use Adept because of things like that and it hasn't got the
features I want.
Instead I use Synaptic, very nice GUI, full of features and settings,
and has a frontend
for dpkg's "questions"

When I installed sun-java5-jre a window pooped up with the EULA and
asked my if I accept it.

Tez