Unable to locate packages and dpkg errors

Question

I was trying to install netbeans. Now I cannot install anything - I get various errors when I try

This is an example of error i get:

$ sudo apt-get install defoult-jre
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package defoult-jre

rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:~$ cd Downloads
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:~/Downloads$ ls
jdk-9.0.1_linux-x64_bin.rpm  netbeans-8.2-linux.sh  popcorntime

rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:~/Downloads$ chmod 755 jdk-9.0.1_linux-x64_bin.rpm
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:~/Downloads$ sudo ./jdk-9.0.1_linux-x64_bin.rpm 
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Error: unpack200 - command could not be found.

Please refer to the Troubleshooting section of theInstallation Instructions
on the download page.
./jdk-9.0.1_linux-x64_bin.rpm: 915: [: unexpected operator
./jdk-9.0.1_linux-x64_bin.rpm: 916: [: unexpected operator
/usr/sbin/alternatives not available, skip registering alternatives for java...
./jdk-9.0.1_linux-x64_bin.rpm: 2608: ./jdk-9.0.1_linux-x64_bin.rpm: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:~/Downloads$ ls
jdk-9.0.1_linux-x64_bin.rpm  netbeans-8.2-linux.sh  popcorntime
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get jdk-9.0.1_linuxx64_bin.rpm
E: Invalid operation jdk-9.0.1_linuxx64_bin.rpm
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get jdk-9.0.1_linux64_bin.rpmE: Invalid operation jdk-9.0.1_linux64_bin.rpm
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get install jdk-9.0.1_linux64_bin.rpm
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package jdk-9.0.1_linux64_bin.rpm

What should I do? new stuff

rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:~$ cd /var/lib/dpkg/info
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ sudo sed -i 's/=177/=179/' oracle-java9-installer.*
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ sudo sed -i 's/SHA256SUM_TGZ="a6905f3a4245a071880e1793b8d3d6100ef7b171ea1d6ebfe6312c25c2fca8bb"/SHA256SUM_TGZ="06fe58dfa50c4f6ca21dc1d475f16cd9e58db36b1d98582091d7ff9005dda7a7"/' oracle-java9-installer.*
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java9-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
oracle-java9-installer is already the newest version (9.0.1-1~webupd8~0).
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
4 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Setting up java-common (0.56ubuntu2) ...
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/etc/.java/.systemPrefs’: File exists
dpkg: error processing package java-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of oracle-java9-installer:
 oracle-java9-installer depends on java-common (>= 0.24); however:
  Package java-common is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package oracle-java9-installer (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openjdk-9-jre-headless:amd64:
 openjdk-9-jre-headless:amd64 depends on java-common (>= 0.28); however:
  Package java-common is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package openjdk-9-jre-headless:amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ca-certificates-java:
 ca-certificates-java depends on openjdk-7-jre-headless (>= 7~u3-2.1.1~pre1-1) | java7-runtime-headless; however:
  Package openjdk-7-jre-headless is not installed.
  Version of openjdk-7-jre-headless on system, provided by oracle-java9-installer:amd64, is <none>.
  Package java7-runtime-headless is not installed.No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                            No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                      No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already

  Package oracle-java9-installer which provides java7-runtime-headless is not configured yet.
  Package openjdk-9-jre-headless:amd64 which provides java7-runtime-headless is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package ca-certificates-java (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 java-common
 oracle-java9-installer
 openjdk-9-jre-headless:amd64
 ca-certificates-java
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ oracle-java9-installer.config
oracle-java9-installer.config: command not found
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ cd ..
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var/lib/dpkg$ cd..
cd..: command not found
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var/lib/dpkg$ cd..
cd..: command not found
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var/lib/dpkg$ cd..
cd..: command not found
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var/lib/dpkg$ cd ..
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var/lib$ cd ..
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var$ cd ..
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/$ ^V
: command not found
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/$ cd /var/lib/dpkg/info
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ sudo sed -i 's|SHA256SUM_TGZ="2ef49c97ddcd5e0de20226eea4cca7b0d7de63ddec80eff8291513f6474ca0dc"|SHA256SUM_TGZ="2cdaf0ff92d0829b510edd883a4ac8322c02f2fc1beae95d048b6716076bc014"|' oracle-java9-installer.*
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ sudo sed -i 's|SHA256SUM_TGZ="1c6d783a54fcc0673ed1f8c5e8650b1d8977ca3e856a03fba0090198e0f16f6d"|SHA256SUM_TGZ="2cdaf0ff92d0829b510edd883a4ac8322c02f2fc1beae95d048b6716076bc014"|' oracle-java9-installer.*
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ sudo sed -i 's|JAVA_VERSION_MAJOR=9|JAVA_VERSION_MAJOR=9.0.1|' oracle-java9-installer.*
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ sudo sed -i 's|JAVA_VERSION_MINOR=181|JAVA_VERSION_MINOR=11|' oracle-java9-installer.*
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ sudo sed -i 's|J_DIR=jdk-9|J_DIR=jdk-9.0.1|' oracle-java9-installer.*
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ sudo sed -i 's|FILENAME=jdk-${JAVA_VERSION_MAJOR}+${JAVA_VERSION_MINOR}_linux-${dld}_bin.tar.gz|FILENAME=jdk-${JAVA_VERSION_MAJOR}_linux-${dld}_bin.tar.gz|' oracle-java9-installer.*
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ sudo sed -i 's|PARTNER_URL=http://download.java.net/java/jdk${JAVA_VERSION_MAJOR}/archive/${JAVA_VERSION_MINOR}/binaries/$FILENAME|PARTNER_URL=http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/${JAVA_VERSION_MAJOR}+${JAVA_VERSION_MINOR}/$FILENAME|' oracle-java9-installer.*
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java9-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
oracle-java9-installer is already the newest version (9.0.1-1~webupd8~0).
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
4 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Setting up java-common (0.56ubuntu2) ...
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/etc/.java/.systemPrefs’: File exists
dpkg: error processing package java-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of oracle-java9-installer:
 oracle-java9-installer depends on java-common (>= 0.24); however:
  Package java-common is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package oracle-java9-installer (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                          No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                    dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openjdk-9-jre-headless:amd64:
 openjdk-9-jre-headless:amd64 depends on java-common (>= 0.28); however:
  Package java-common is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package openjdk-9-jre-headless:amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ca-certificates-java:
 ca-certificates-java depends on openjdk-7-jre-headless (>= 7~u3-2.1.1~pre1-1) | java7-runtime-headless; however:
  Package openjdk-7-jre-headless is not installed.
  Version of openjdk-7-jre-headless on system, provided by oracle-java9-installer:amd64, is <none>.
  Package java7-runtime-headless is not installed.
  Package oracle-java9-installer which provides java7-runtime-headless is not configured yet.
  Package openjdk-9-jre-headless:amd64 which provides java7-runtime-headless is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package ca-certificates-java (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Errors were encountered while processing:
 java-common
 oracle-java9-installer
 openjdk-9-jre-headless:amd64
 ca-certificates-java
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ 


---

  Errors were encountered while processing:
 java-common
 oracle-java9-installer
 openjdk-9-jre-headless:amd64
 ca-certificates-java
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
rico@rico-Aspire-5750G:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ 
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Answer 1

I suggest you take the time to learn more about the different Linux distributions available and what they use to run or operate. Ubuntu is a Debian derivative hence uses the .deb files to install applications and programs, while the .rpm files I see you trying to install on Ubuntu is meant for RHEL (Redhat Enterprise Linux) and its derivatives like CentOS, Fedora etc.

Your problem is your trying to install a .rpm file on an Ubuntu system which is like trying to install a Windows .exe file on Ubuntu. Please kindly look for the Ubuntu version of those applications which should end in the extension .deb and install those.

To install java 9 on Ubuntu for a beginner use these steps:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install oracle-java9-installer

To set it as the default:

sudo apt install oracle-java9-set-default
java -version