Public bug reported: It still appears to change the "java" command. But it doesn't appear to let me run a jar from the command line (note: the jar exists, is executable, and nautilus had the file association of jar changed to "OpenJDK Java 7 Runtime" on the "Open With" tab of it's properties).
paulo@AIVAS-I:~$ sudo update-java-alternatives --set java-1.6.0-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 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 -javaplugin.so. 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 policytool. 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 update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for policytool. update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for -javaplugin.so. paulo@AIVAS-I:~$ java -version java version "1.6.0_23" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.11pre) (6b23~pre11-0ubuntu1.11.10) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.0-b11, mixed mode) paulo@AIVAS-I:~$ sudo update-java-alternatives --set java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64 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 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 -javaplugin.so. 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 policytool. 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-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 idlj. update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for jarsigner. update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for jar. 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 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 jstatd. update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for jstat. 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-alternatives: error: no alternatives for policytool. update-java-alternatives: plugin alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so paulo@AIVAS-I:~$ java -version java version "1.7.0_147-icedtea" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea7 2.0) (7~b147-2.0-0ubuntu0.11.10.1) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0-b17, mixed mode) paulo@AIVAS-I:~$ /home/paulo/NetBeansProjects/BookJar/dist/BookJar.jar can't locate java: No such file or directory paulo@AIVAS-I:~$ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: java-common 0.42ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Dec 26 04:50:05 2011 Dependencies: InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: java-common UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: java-common (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908673 Title: update-alternatives is displaying errors To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/java-common/+bug/908673/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs