cant update java alternatives in ubuntu 9.10

[kal]

Binary package hint: openjdk-6-jre

Can i have a fix for this please. when i try to update java alternatives, i get the following errors.

update-java-alternatives -s java-6-openjdk
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 HtmlConverter.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for idlj.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for jar.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for jarsigner.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for javac.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for javadoc.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for javah.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for javap.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for java-rmi.cgi.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for jconsole.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for jdb.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for jhat.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for jinfo.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for jmap.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for jps.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for jrunscript.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for jsadebugd.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for jstack.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for jstat.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for jstatd.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for native2ascii.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for rmic.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for schemagen.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for serialver.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for wsgen.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for wsimport.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for xjc.
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/appletviewer
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/apt
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/extcheck
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/idlj
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/jarsigner
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/jar
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/javac
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/javadoc
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/javah
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/javap
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/jconsole
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/jdb
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/jhat
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/jinfo
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/jmap
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/jps
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/jrunscript
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/jsadebugd
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/jstack
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/jstatd
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/jstat
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/native2ascii
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/rmic
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/schemagen
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/serialver
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/wsgen
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/wsimport
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/xjc

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

which packages are installed?

dpkg -l *gcj* *sun-java* *openjdk*

to avoid the errors with the jdk binaries, use the --jre option

[Tom Davidson (tomdavidson)]

Same symptoms here. what is ment by the --jre option?

tom@sofia:~$ sudo dpkg -l *gcj* *sun-java* *openjdk*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-===========================-===========================-======================================================================
un gcj-jre <none> (no description available)
un ia32-sun-java6-bin <none> (no description available)
un ia32-sun-java6-plugin <none> (no description available)
un icedtea-gcjwebplugin <none> (no description available)
un java-gcj-compat <none> (no description available)
ii openjdk-6-jre 6b16-1.6.1-3ubuntu1 OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT
ii openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b16-1.6.1-3ubuntu1 OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT (headless)
ii openjdk-6-jre-lib 6b16-1.6.1-3ubuntu1 OpenJDK Java runtime (architecture independent libraries)
un openoffice.org-gcj <none> (no description available)
un sun-java5-jre <none> (no description available)
ii sun-java6-bin 6-15-1 Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (architecture dependent files
un sun-java6-demo <none> (no description available)
un sun-java6-doc <none> (no description available)
ii sun-java6-fonts 6-15-1 Lucida TrueType fonts (from the Sun JRE)
rc sun-java6-jdk 6-15-1 Sun Java(TM) Development Kit (JDK) 6
ii sun-java6-jre 6-15-1 Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (architecture independent fil
ii sun-java6-plugin 6-15-1 The Java(TM) Plug-in, Java SE 6
un sun-java6-source <none> (no description available)

[freethinker (pratikmsinha)]

sudo update-java-alternatives --jre -s java-6-openjdk

Thats what was meant by the --jre option. This should work

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

not a bug closing the report