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[Dan Kegel <dank@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think I just ran into this on a freshly installed and updated 12.04 alpha 1 system.  I did
  apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk
and java alternatives were ok, but after
  aptitude remove java-common icedtea-7-jre-jamvm  openjdk-7-jdk openjdk-7-jre openjdk-7-jre-headless openjdk-7-jre-lib
  apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk
there were no java alternatives.  Same thing with openjdk-6; they're ok on first install, but not on reinstall.

The workaround, as Martin noted, is to run
       sudo /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64.postinst configure
       sudo /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/openjdk-7-jdk:amd64.postinst configure

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/905808

Title:
  java alternatives missing after upgrade to precise

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

Bug description:
  after upgrading to precise, the java alternatives symlinks seem to be
  broken, and not fixed by update-java-alternatives, which complains:

  mbp@joy% sudo update-java-alternatives -v -s java-1.6.0-openjdk-amd64
  resetting java alternatives
  update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for appletviewer.
  update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for apt.
  update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for extcheck.
  update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for idlj.
  update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for jarsigner.
  update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for java.
  update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for javac.
  ....

  (or similarly with --auto)

  the binary files do exist and the .jinfo file seems valid.  It is true
  there is no java alternative in /etc/alternatives.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: openjdk-6-jdk 6b24~pre2-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-4.10-generic 3.2.0-rc5
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-4-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Dec 18 08:27:26 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  SourcePackage: openjdk-6
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-15 (2 days ago)

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