Package: dpkg Version: 1.14.5 Followup-For: Bug #423176 Hi, I think I'm having a similar problem. I got it when installing sun-java6-jre. As my /usr is quite full, i couldn't install sun-java6-jre without removing sun-java5-jre first. That left all java alternatives still pointing to the java5 files. Here is what happens once alternatives are fixed and I want to install back java5 instead of java6:
namakemono:~# update-alternatives --config java There is only 1 program which provides java (/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java). Nothing to configure. namakemono:~# apt-get remove --purge sun-java6-jre (...) namakemono:~# readlink /etc/alternatives/java /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java namakemono:~# update-alternatives --config java There is no program which provides java. Nothing to configure. namakemono:~# apt-get install sun-java5-jre (...) namakemono:~# readlink /etc/alternatives/java /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java namakemono:~# update-alternatives --config java There is only 1 program which provides java (/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/java). Nothing to configure. Only when I run update-alternatives --auto java does the alternatives point to the java5 files: namakemono:~# update-alternatives --auto java namakemono:~# readlink /etc/alternatives/java /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/java After that I can go back to java6 the same way and still get stuck with links to java5 until i run update-alternatives --auto java Mike -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii coreutils 5.97-5.3 The GNU core utilities ii libc6 2.6-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries dpkg recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
