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package openjdk-7-jre-headless 7u51-2.4.4-0ubuntu0.12.10.2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/etc/java-7-openjdk/management/jmxremote.password', which is different from other instances of package openjdk-7-jre-headless:i386

Asked by Rich Hart

Tried switching user

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: openjdk-7-jre-headless 7u51-2.4.4-0ubuntu0.12.10.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-19.33~precise1-generic 3.11.10.5
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 11 07:57:08 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:openjdk-7-jre-headless:7u51-2.4.4-0ubuntu0.12.10.2:trying to overwrite shared '/etc/java-7-openjdk/management/jmxremote.password', which is different from other instances of package openjdk-7-jre-headless:i386
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite shared '/etc/java-7-openjdk/management/jmxremote.password', which is different from other instances of package openjdk-7-jre-headless:i386
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-04-20 (727 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120327)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: openjdk-7
Title: package openjdk-7-jre-headless 7u51-2.4.4-0ubuntu0.12.10.2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/etc/java-7-openjdk/management/jmxremote.password', which is different from other instances of package openjdk-7-jre-headless:i386
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2014-04-09 (8 days ago)

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Rich Hart (sirwizkid) said : 		#1

Not a switch user bug. The java installer puked again. Seems to do that a lot.

There are probably some things that could be done to smooth out this process. But Oracle would probably change it once we make it smooth.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#2

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