Problem installing ZoneMinder from jessie-backports under Debian 8

[Greg Beddow <greg@gbeddow.com>]

Hi,

Starting from a stable Debian 8 installation I did the installation steps in these links:
https://zoneminder.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installationguide/debian.html
https://forums.zoneminder.com/viewtopic.php?t=24349
https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Debian_8_64-bit_with_Zoneminder_1.29.0_the_Easy_Way

But here's what happens:

Add jessie-backports:

# vi /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://http.debian.net/debian jessie-backports main

Begin install:

# apt-get update

# apt-get install zoneminder
...
Preparing to unpack .../zoneminder_1.29.0+dfsg-1~bpo8+1_armel.deb ...
Unpacking zoneminder (1.29.0+dfsg-1~bpo8+1) ...
...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of zoneminder:
zoneminder depends on javascript-common; however:
 Package javascript-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package zoneminder (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
...
Errors were encountered while processing:javascript-common
zoneminder
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling javascript-common (and a LOT of other measures) to no avail.

Any idea how to fix this?

Thanks,
Greg