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[Scott Moser <smoser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

situation was fixed with:
  $ sudo dpkg --purge --force-depends openjdk-6-jre-headless
  $ sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jre-headless

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/888100

Title:
  java alternative link broken after upgrade

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

Bug description:
  After recent upgrade to precise, I find that java programs are broken.
  Further investigation shows:

  
  $ update-alternatives --display java
  update-alternatives: warning: alternative /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java (part of link group java) doesn't exist. Removing from list of alternatives.
  java - auto mode
    link currently points to /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java
  No versions available.

  $ dpkg -L openjdk-6-jre-headless | grep bin/java
  /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java
  /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/bin/java-rmi.cgi
  /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/bin/java

  
  It seems that openjdk-6-jre-headless now has a 'amd64' in its path that wasn't there before.  This was not accounted for on upgrade and my /usr/bin/java link is broken.

  An attempt to fix with update-java-alternatives failed, and made me worse off, I now have no /usr/bin/java link.
   $ sudo update-java-alternatives  --set java-1.6.0-openjdk-amd64
   update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for appletviewer.
   update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for apt.
   update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for extcheck.
  ...
    update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/bin/xjc
  update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for policytool.
  update-java-alternatives: plugin alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b23~pre11-1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.1.0-2.3-generic 3.1.0
  Uname: Linux 3.1.0-2-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.25-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Nov  9 09:46:46 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: openjdk-6
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-07 (2 days ago)

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