[Bug 1366927] Re: icedtea-7-plugin:amd64

[Thomas Poulsen]

Trying to install icedtea-plugin on 14.10, I get:

sudo apt-get install icedtea-plugin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  icedtea-7-plugin icedtea-netx
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  icedtea-7-plugin icedtea-netx icedtea-plugin
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/215 kB of archives.
After this operation, 897 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
Selecting previously unselected package icedtea-netx:amd64.
(Reading database ... 215140 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../icedtea-netx_1.5.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking icedtea-netx:amd64 (1.5.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package icedtea-7-plugin:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../icedtea-7-plugin_1.5.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking icedtea-7-plugin:amd64 (1.5.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package icedtea-plugin.
Preparing to unpack .../icedtea-plugin_1.5.1-1ubuntu1_all.deb ...
Unpacking icedtea-plugin (1.5.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.1-1) ...
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


Then trying again gives:

sudo apt-get install icedtea-plugin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
icedtea-plugin is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
Setting up icedtea-netx:amd64 (1.5.1-1ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/itweb-settings because link group itweb-settings is broken
update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/share/man/man1/itweb-settings.1.gz with a link
update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/itweb-settings because link group itweb-settings is broken
update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/share/man/man1/itweb-settings.1.gz with a link
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/javaws doesn't exist
dpkg: error processing package icedtea-netx:amd64 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of icedtea-7-plugin:amd64:
 icedtea-7-plugin:amd64 depends on icedtea-netx (= 1.5.1-1ubuntu1); however:
  Package icedtea-netx:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package icedtea-7-plugin:amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of icedtea-plugin:
 icedtea-plugin depends on icedtea-7-plugin; however:
  Package icedtea-7-plugin:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package icedtea-plugin (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 icedtea-netx:amd64
 icedtea-7-plugin:amd64
 icedtea-plugin
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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Title:
   icedtea-7-plugin:amd64

Status in “icedtea-web” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Hello I ma usinng icedtea-7-plugin:amd64 on ubuntu 14.10

  when i try to install any thing i got the following error:
  Setting up icedtea-netx:amd64 (1.5.1-1ubuntu1) ...
  update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/itweb-settings because link group itweb-settings is broken
  update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/share/man/man1/itweb-settings.1.gz with a link
  update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/itweb-settings because link group itweb-settings is broken
  update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/share/man/man1/itweb-settings.1.gz with a link
  update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/javaws doesn't exist
  dpkg: error processing package icedtea-netx:amd64 (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of icedtea-7-plugin:amd64:
   icedtea-7-plugin:amd64 depends on icedtea-netx (= 1.5.1-1ubuntu1); however:
    Package icedtea-netx:amd64 is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package icedtea-7-plugin:amd64 (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of icedtea-plugin:
   icedtea-plugin depends on icedtea-7-plugin; however:
    Package icedtea-7-plugin:amd64 is not configured yet.

  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: error processing package icedtea-plugin (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   icedtea-netx:amd64
   icedtea-7-plugin:amd64
   icedtea-plugin

  can someone help me?

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