issue with installing java package on ec2

I was trying to install java using the following command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts

during the installation for some reason my micro-instance in EC2 kept on freezing, I guess I am not the only one开发者_如何学Python having this issue as it's posted on the aws forum as well. Now when I try to do the whole thing again I get:

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

However, when I try to run sudo dpkg --configure -a, it is just stuck in here:

Setting up sun-java6-bin (6.26-1lucid1) ...

for about an hour or so... WHat should I do now to get java in place?

It could be that the repository you added doesn't have the 'right' version of java6, personally I would use canonical's repository.

First I would try to uninstall the packages and repo

sudo apt-get remove sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts
sudo remove-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/java

And then use canonical's aptitude repository.

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

I thinks its the same Bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/634487

issue fix E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

pd@admin:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0024' near line 0: newline in field name `#padding'

pd@admin:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/updates/0024

pd@admin:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

pd@admin:~$ sudo apt-get install appname_mention_here

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done

Now its working the installation....!

Simply use Open JDK like so...

sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jre-headless

since you can only ssh into anyway... :)