Problem with Updatemanager and apt-get upgrade

[Liam Proven]

On 24 July 2012 11:05, Roger <arelem at bigpond.com> wrote:
> Tim thanks for your reply.
>
> yes  ls -ld /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk shows the link.
> I am puzzled because we have had 64 bit on the laptop for a couple of years
> or more.
>
> I did unlink /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk but error remains.
> What steps should be followed to remove offending packages and reset the
> system?
>
> This is way out of my league so pointers or specific directions would
> greatly assist.

Remove /all/ Java packages, then install the latest version that you
actually want.

Synaptic is a really simple way to see what you have installed. Enter
"java" in the search box, then click on the "installed" column header
to sort by that column.

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