java 1.5 AMD64 / fakeroot woes

[Daniel Allen]

I'm trying to install java 1.5 the Proper Ubuntu Package Way.  

I've followed the instructions from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Java15

The problem seems to be with fakeroot's library?

"mkdir: error while loading shared libraries: libfakeroot.so.0: cannot
open shared object file: No such file or directory"

(full output below)

$ uname -a
Linux 2.6.10-5-amd64-generic #1 Tue Apr 5 12:21:57 UTC 2005 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ dpkg -l java-package fakeroot

+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii  java-package   0.25           utility for building Java(TM) 2 related Debi
ii  fakeroot       1.2.2          Gives a fake root environment

Can anybody suggest what I should try?  So far I've: 

- installed the standard debian unstable version of java-package (0.25, 
  as above, which solves a problem of not recognizing the newer sun 
  downloads..
- I've tried installing the standard debian fakeroot, which won't install
  because it requires a newer glibc
- I've downloaded the latest debian unstable fakeroot sources (1.4.2), 
  compiled, and run that, with the exactly same result
- I've tried making sure the fakeroot library is explicitly listed in 
  /etc/ld.so.conf and ran ldconfig
- I've tried running the sun download itself (on a different identical 
  machine), to do it the Improper Non-Package Way, which did install and even
  would run.

I'm nearing wit's end here; I'd really rather do this the proper way...
Suggestions?

Thanks very much,
-Daniel

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More diagnostics:

$ fakeroot make-jpkg jre-1_5_0_03-linux-amd64.bin

Creating temporary directory: /tmp/make-jpkg.XXXX0NWHxV
Loading plugins: blackdown-j2re.sh blackdown-j2sdk.sh common.sh
ibm-j2re.sh ibm-j2sdk.sh j2re.sh j2sdk.sh j2se.sh sun-j2re.sh
sun-j2sdk.sh

Detected product:
    Java(TM) Runtime Environment (J2RE)
    Standard Edition, Version 1.5.0+update03
    Sun Microsystems(TM), Inc.
Is this correct [Y/n]:

Checking free diskspace:stat: error while loading shared libraries:
libfakeroot.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory
/usr/share/java-package/common.sh: line 30: ((: free =  : syntax
error: operand expected (error token is " ")
/usr/share/java-package/common.sh: line 32: [: : integer expression expected


WARNING: Possibly not enough free disk space in "/tmp/make-jpkg.XXXX0NWHxV".

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mkdir: error while loading shared libraries: libfakeroot.so.0: cannot
open shared object file: No such file or directory

Aborted (/tmp/make-jpkg.XXXXbJXuqQ/extract).

Removing temporary directory: done

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 15
model           : 5
model name      : AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 150
stepping        : 10
cpu MHz         : 2393.221
cache size      : 1024 KB
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 pni syscall nx mmxext lm
3dnowext 3dnow
bogomips        : 4702.20
TLB size        : 1088 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp