circular dependencies in aptitude?

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On Jun 6, 2010, at 2:26 PM, "Scott Berry" <scottbb1973 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not really because i believe it is the sun java.bin that requires the
> internet because it installs some other things off the internet and  
> if you
> don't have those things then you won't get java to work correctly.
>
>
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> To: <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2010 18:35
> Subject: circular dependencies in aptitude?
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>
>> OK, I'm trying to install Ubuntu 10.04 64bit for my students on 25
>> dual-core AMD Athlons in my classroom/pc lab.  Until my tech guy
>> unblocks the *.bz2 file extension, apt-get or aptitude is broken (no
>> updates or upgrades).  So, I'm trying to install a few packages I  
>> need
>> by hand from http://packages.debian.org
>>
>> I was successful with a few packages.  But now I am stuck getting
>> sun-java6-plugin, sun-java6-jre and sun-java6-fonts to work.  They  
>> all
>> depend on java-common so I installed that.  Now, I try sun-java6-jre
>> and it depends on sun-java-bin and that depends on sun-java-jre, huh?
>> Is there some way around this?
>>
>> We use several online java apps in class such as http:// 
>> www.sagenb.org
>> for 3D plotting in Multivariate Calculus and http:// 
>> www.javawide.org in
>> Computer Science and http://screencast-o-matic.com to record classes
>> for youtube.  So, as you can see, I really need this plugin to work  
>> in
>> Firefox....
>>
>> BTW, otherwise, everything works like a charm.  This is by far the  
>> best
>> 64bit distro I have tried!
>>
>> HTH,
>> A. Jorge Garcia
>> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
>>
>> Teacher & Professor
>> Applied Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science
>> Baldwin Senior High School & Nassau Community College
>>
>>
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OK, so what's the difference between 'universe' and 'multiverse?'

Thanx,
A. Jorge Garcia
Applied Math & CS
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
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