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fellow Linuxeers! So, I've had this problem recently when I tried to remove Oracle's Java 7 after it didn't want to work correctly. So, when I tried to:

sudo apt-get purge oracle-java7-install

I get this error at the end of the code:

dpkg: error processing oracle-java7-installer (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already

Errors were   encountered while processing:
oracle-java7-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

With no other errors in the output. Now why can't I remove the files? It really is an annoying problem, because every time I install/remove something in the terminal the error shows up. Help? Thanks on forehand!

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First I purge the java installer PPA using following commands:

sudo rm oracle-java7-installer*
sudo apt-get purge oracle-java7-installer

Than I signed in to technet.oracle.com using my account ID (registration is free to oracle.com)

I then added the PPA, and this time, it was a success.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

I was able to successfully download from oracle.com. I guess sign-in worked.

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  • I tried this, and think it would work but keep running into errors at the very last step. I running debian on a PowerBook G4.By the way I logged in as you suggested. But how does that affect anything?
    – JGallardo
    Jan 5, 2014 at 20:46
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I have resolved that issue by visiting the below link:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1977483

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  • Thanks! But it didn't work, unfortunately EDIT: Whoa. the apt-get purge worked! thanks alot man! (girl?)
    – SgtCedric
    May 11, 2012 at 14:38
  • NICE - finally someone did well
    – user25165
    Sep 5, 2013 at 20:34

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