Unable to install java-1.7.0-openjdk on EuroLinux 6

Scenario

An attempt to install the latest version of java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64 as part of the EuroELS subscription fails with a message like:

Error in PRETRANS scriptlet in rpm package 1:java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.1.el6_10.x86_64
error: lua script failed: /usr/libexec/copy_jdk_configs.lua:272: attempt to index global 'file' (a nil value)

Solution

The package java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64 expects that the directory /var/lib/rpm-state/ exists. Still, this might not be the case on every installation.

Please create this directory manually:

# mkdir /var/lib/rpm-state/