I forwarded this issue to Debian bug tracker. This could be solved by making java2-compiler (instead of java2-runtime) a dependency of tomcat5.5 or by ignoring failed invoke-rc.d calls.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #458412 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=458412 ** Also affects: tomcat5.5 (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=458412 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: tomcat5.5 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low Status: New => Confirmed -- [hardy] Installation of tomcat5.5 fails if sun-java-jdk is not installed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179447 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs