icedtea-7-plugin fails to install properly

[Jamie Strandboge]

$ sudo apt-get install icedtea-7-plugin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  icedtea-netx icedtea-netx-common
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  icedtea-7-plugin icedtea-netx icedtea-netx-common
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/1,330 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,211 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Selecting previously unselected package icedtea-netx-common.
(Reading database ... 227614 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../icedtea-netx-common_1.5.1-1ubuntu1_all.deb ...
Unpacking icedtea-netx-common (1.5.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package icedtea-netx:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../icedtea-netx_1.5.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking icedtea-netx:amd64 (1.5.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package icedtea-7-plugin:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../icedtea-7-plugin_1.5.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking icedtea-7-plugin:amd64 (1.5.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.10.20140925-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.55ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-2) ...
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up icedtea-netx:amd64 (1.5.1-1ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/itweb-settings because link group itweb-settings is broken
update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/share/man/man1/itweb-settings.1.gz with a link
update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/itweb-settings because link group itweb-settings is broken
update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/share/man/man1/itweb-settings.1.gz with a link
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/javaws doesn't exist
dpkg: error processing package icedtea-netx:amd64 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of icedtea-7-plugin:amd64:
 icedtea-7-plugin:amd64 depends on icedtea-netx (= 1.5.1-1ubuntu1); however:
  Package icedtea-netx:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package icedtea-7-plugin:amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                     Errors were encountered while processing:
 icedtea-netx:amd64
 icedtea-7-plugin:amd64
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.