[Bug 863803] Re: package icedtea-netx 1.1.3-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Mathias Bynke]

I am unable to install icedtea-7-plugin due to this issue because it depends on icedtea-netx.
Trying to install icedtea-netx alone gives (in Norwegian):

Setter opp icedtea-netx:i386 (1.5.1-1ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/javaws to provide /usr/bin/javaws (javaws) in auto modus
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/itweb-settings to provide /usr/bin/itweb-settings (itweb-settings) in auto modus
update-alternatives: advarsel: not replacing /usr/share/man/man1/itweb-settings.1.gz with a link
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/javaws to provide /usr/bin/javaws (javaws) in auto modus
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/itweb-settings to provide /usr/bin/itweb-settings (itweb-settings) in auto modus
update-alternatives: advarsel: not replacing /usr/share/man/man1/itweb-settings.1.gz with a link
update-alternatives: feil: alternative path /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/javaws doesn't exist
dpkg: error processing package icedtea-netx:i386 (--configure):
 underprosessen installerte post-installation-skript returnerte feilstatus 2
Det oppsto feil ved behandling av:
 icedtea-netx:i386
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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Title:
  package icedtea-netx 1.1.3-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
  status 2

Status in icedtea-web package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I was updating through apt-get, and it happened.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: icedtea-netx 1.1.3-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Sep 30 20:38:37 2011
  DuplicateSignature:
   Setting up lightdm-gtk-greeter (1.0.0-0ubuntu3) ...
   update-alternatives: error: cannot stat /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter-ubuntu.conf: Too many levels of symbolic links
   dpkg: error processing lightdm-gtk-greeter (--configure):
    subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100406.1)
  SourcePackage: icedtea-web
  Title: package icedtea-netx 1.1.3-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-23 (7 days ago)

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