Q) stuck with a message of configuring sun-java6-jre

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 16:27 -0400, Glen Lee wrote:
> 
>  Dear Ubuntu experts, 
>  
>  I'm trying to install a software called 'eric', but it got stuck at
> the end with a message "configuring sun-java6-jre" on the blue
> screen. 
>  I can also scroll down and see <0K> on the center bottom, but it
> seems to get stuck there and I'm not sure if that was the indication
> of "success" or "fail". 
>  Any help would be appreciated. 

Is that the spot where it's asking you to accept the terms of the java
license? Hit tab and the cursor should cycle to OK to accept. Otherwise,
it will not proceed to install Sun-Java without your acceptance. I think
that is what is happening. Ric