[Bug 1538258] [NEW] Installation of icedtea-8-plugin 1.6.1-1ubuntu2 fails with a missing alternative path

[Michael Marley]

Public bug reported:

When attempting to install icedtea-8-plugin on a Xenial x86_64 system, I
get the following error:

update-alternatives: error: alternative path //jre/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so doesn't exist
dpkg: error processing package icedtea-8-plugin:amd64 (--install):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 icedtea-8-plugin:amd64

** Affects: icedtea-web (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Installation of icedtea-8-plugin 1.6.1-1ubuntu2 fails with a missing
  alternative path

Status in icedtea-web package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When attempting to install icedtea-8-plugin on a Xenial x86_64 system,
  I get the following error:

  update-alternatives: error: alternative path //jre/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so doesn't exist
  dpkg: error processing package icedtea-8-plugin:amd64 (--install):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   icedtea-8-plugin:amd64

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