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First try with sudo dpkg --configure -a ; sudo apt-get update and then
with sudo  apt-get install --reinstall openjdk-6-jre

Here's mine:
apt-cache policy openjdk-6-jre-headless
openjdk-6-jre-headless:
  Installed: 6b23~pre8-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 6b23~pre8-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 6b23~pre8-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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** Changed in: openjdk-6 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Oneiric: broken package openjdk-6-jre

Status in “openjdk-6” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  This is a fresh Oneiric 64bit installation.
  I try install openjdk-6-jre but its package-chain is broken.

  $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall openjdk-6-jre

  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation:

  The following packages have unmet dependencies:
   openjdk-6-jre : Depends: openjdk-6-jre-headless (>= 6b23~pre8-1ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
  E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
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  My intent was to replace Oracle's Java with OpenJDK. Oracle's Java comes from Canonical's Partner repo.
  $ sudo apt-get remove --purge sun-java6-* gcj-*
  $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall icedtea-plugin openjdk-6-jre

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: openjdk-6-jre (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Sep 20 19:24:21 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110919)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: openjdk-6
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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