Ubuntu
java-common package

package default-jre-headless (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk', which is also in package openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~10.04.2

Bug #1078791 reported by Latimerius
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Bug Description

Just upgraded from 10.04 to 12.04, trying to switch from the default login session to "ubuntu network remix".

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: default-jre-headless (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-generic 3.2.30
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Nov 14 16:08:52 2012
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk', which is also in package openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~10.04.2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.4)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: java-common
Title: package default-jre-headless (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk', which is also in package openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~10.04.2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-11-14 (0 days ago)

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Latimerius (l4t1m3r1us) wrote :
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RaduStoica (radumstoica) wrote :

Hello,

  This looks to me like a conflict between a package you want to install and a package you already have on your computer.

  You probably have to remove openjdk-6-jre-headless (sudo apt-get remove openjdk-6-jre-headless), if you want to have the new package.

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Latimerius (l4t1m3r1us) wrote :

Thanks for your reply. Yes, you're right, and I understood as much, too. My point in reporting the bug was, this was a freshly upgraded system, I hadn't even had a chance to mess it up yet. So there might be a little bug somewhere in package dependencies, user shouldn't need to turn to apt-get to fix a freshly upgraded system I think.

No idea if this is significant but subsequent tries to boot into the "netbook" session don't crash anymore - the session just shows an empty screen (apart from the desktop background image).

Also, I just noticed this looks like a duplicate of #1041773.

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