David, what you need is to "pin" the packages to the wanted version. Run 'man apt_preferences' to learn how to. Here's my /etc/apt/preferences file:
Package: sun-java6-bin sun-java6-doc sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-jre sun-java6-source Pin: version 6-03-0ubuntu2 Pin-Priority: 1001 -- Java applications crash with Sun JDK 1.6 (6-04-2) on x86_64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205620 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs