Comment 11 for bug 1806265

This was finally fixed by removing the webupd8team PPA from the repositories. I thought I had removed them completely, but one was still checked. I also had to follow the instructions in the first answer to the question:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/56104/how-can-i-install-sun-oracles-proprietary-java-jdk-6-7-8-or-jre

I followed the manual download and install steps, plus the steps for NetBeans which failed. I rebuilt my cache using the commandline in Terminal:

> sudo apt --fix-broken install

Conclusion: I think that other developers and/or users will experience this area and be similarly frustrated in finding the answer. Perhaps it could in part be addressed by updating the WEB UPD8 blog referenced below with a 2019 date in the uri. It would also be nice to have it support HTTPS Everywhere as it doesn't convert to an https:// address on my web browsers (Chromium or Firefox):

http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/install-oracle-java-8-in-ubuntu-via-ppa.html

For my system you can consider this issue resolved. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions: <gnace(at)ieee.org>