Version: unknown (using 4.2.2 (KDE 4.2.2), Kubuntu packages) Compiler: cc OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.28-11-generic When attempting to apply kpackage changes to install the sun-java6-jdk package, the installation process fails with this error message: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /var/cache/apt/archives/sun-java6-jre_6-13-1_all.deb Preconfiguring packages ... Preconfiguring packages ... Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 95507 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking sun-java6-jre (from .../sun-java6-jre_6-13-1_all.deb) ... sun-dlj-v1-1 license could not be presented try 'dpkg-reconfigure debconf' to select a frontend other than noninteractive ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The way I went around this is by using command line to install the package: apt-get install sun-java6-jdk This way the installer can show you the license dialog it requires, which is the reason it fails in the first place. But this is just a workaround, as it is a misconfiguration issue. The installation should work out of the box, as in previous Kubuntu versions. Users have to use "dpkg-reconfigure debconf" to change the preferred frontend to fix this, but why isn't KDE the default on Kubuntu anyway? peace out
Are you sure you didn't mean "KPackageKit"? This is a known limitation of PackageKit in general (specifically the Debian packaging backend.)
Sorry, I meant KPackageKit indeed. I think a very effective way to deal with it would be for the debconf to be configured to work with KDE (for Kubuntu only of course) out of the box.
This is due to a limitation of the PackageKit project itself. (Not the KPackageKit GUI)