Public bug reported: On Ubuntu 15.10, version 8u91-b14-0ubuntu4~15.10.1 no longer provides virtual package `java-runtime-headless` while the older version does (8u66-b01-5):
$ apt-cache show openjdk-8-jre-headless | grep 'Provides\|Version' Version: 8u91-b14-0ubuntu4~15.10.1 Provides: java2-runtime-headless, java5-runtime-headless, java6-runtime-headless, java7-runtime-headless, java8-runtime-headless Version: 8u66-b01-5 Provides: java-runtime-headless, java2-runtime-headless, java5-runtime-headless, java6-runtime-headless, java7-runtime-headless, java8-runtime-headless ... Package java-runtime-headless is a virtual package provided by: openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b38-1.13.10-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 openjdk-7-jre-headless 7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 gcj-4.8-jre-headless 4.8.5-1ubuntu1 gcj-jre-headless 4:5.2.1-3ubuntu1 gcj-5-jre-headless 5.2.1-22ubuntu2 gcj-4.9-jre-headless 4.9.3-5ubuntu1 default-jre-headless 2:1.7-52 You should explicitly select one to install. E: Package 'java-runtime-headless' has no installation candidate ... This breaks many programs that have `java-runtime-headless` as a requirement. ** Affects: openjdk-8 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Summary changed: - java-runtime-headless no longer dependency of openjdk-8-jre-headless + java-runtime-headless no longer provided by openjdk-8-jre-headless -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579241 Title: java-runtime-headless no longer provided by openjdk-8-jre-headless To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/+bug/1579241/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs