I am confirming this bug when I attempt to install icedtea-7-plugin on Ubuntu 14.10. I am posting the whole install log.
sudo apt-get install icedtea-7-plugin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: ca-certificates-java fonts-dejavu-extra icedtea-netx icedtea-netx-common java-common libatk-wrapper-java libatk-wrapper-java-jni libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libgconf2-4 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-bin libgnome2-common liborbit-2-0 openjdk-7-jre openjdk-7-jre-headless tzdata-java Suggested packages: default-jre equivs libbonobo2-bin desktop-base icedtea-7-jre-jamvm sun-java6-fonts fonts-ipafont-gothic fonts-ipafont-mincho ttf-wqy-microhei ttf-wqy-zenhei fonts-indic The following NEW packages will be installed: ca-certificates-java fonts-dejavu-extra icedtea-7-plugin icedtea-netx icedtea-netx-common java-common libatk-wrapper-java libatk-wrapper-java-jni libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libgconf2-4 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-bin libgnome2-common liborbit-2-0 openjdk-7-jre openjdk-7-jre-headless tzdata-java 0 upgraded, 18 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/43,6 MB of archives. After this operation, 72,7 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Selecting previously unselected package ca-certificates-java. (Reading database ... 229178 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../ca-certificates-java_20140324_all.deb ... Unpacking ca-certificates-java (20140324) ... Selecting previously unselected package tzdata-java. Preparing to unpack .../tzdata-java_2014g-1_all.deb ... Unpacking tzdata-java (2014g-1) ... Selecting previously unselected package java-common. Preparing to unpack .../java-common_0.52_all.deb ... Unpacking java-common (0.52) ... Selecting previously unselected package openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../openjdk-7-jre-headless_7u65-2.5.2-4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64 (7u65-2.5.2-4) ... Selecting previously unselected package openjdk-7-jre:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../openjdk-7-jre_7u65-2.5.2-4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking openjdk-7-jre:amd64 (7u65-2.5.2-4) ... Selecting previously unselected package libatk-wrapper-java. Preparing to unpack .../libatk-wrapper-java_0.30.4-4_all.deb ... Unpacking libatk-wrapper-java (0.30.4-4) ... Selecting previously unselected package libatk-wrapper-java-jni:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../libatk-wrapper-java-jni_0.30.4-4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libatk-wrapper-java-jni:amd64 (0.30.4-4) ... Selecting previously unselected package libbonobo2-common. Preparing to unpack .../libbonobo2-common_2.32.1-3_all.deb ... Unpacking libbonobo2-common (2.32.1-3) ... Selecting previously unselected package liborbit-2-0:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../liborbit-2-0_1%3a2.14.19-0.3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking liborbit-2-0:amd64 (1:2.14.19-0.3) ... Selecting previously unselected package libbonobo2-0:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../libbonobo2-0_2.32.1-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libbonobo2-0:amd64 (2.32.1-3) ... Selecting previously unselected package libgnome2-common. Preparing to unpack .../libgnome2-common_2.32.1-4ubuntu1_all.deb ... Unpacking libgnome2-common (2.32.1-4ubuntu1) ... Selecting previously unselected package libgnome2-bin. Preparing to unpack .../libgnome2-bin_2.32.1-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libgnome2-bin (2.32.1-4ubuntu1) ... Selecting previously unselected package libgnome2-0:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../libgnome2-0_2.32.1-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libgnome2-0:amd64 (2.32.1-4ubuntu1) ... Selecting previously unselected package fonts-dejavu-extra. Preparing to unpack .../fonts-dejavu-extra_2.34-1ubuntu1_all.deb ... Unpacking fonts-dejavu-extra (2.34-1ubuntu1) ... Selecting previously unselected package libgconf2-4:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../libgconf2-4_3.2.6-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libgconf2-4:amd64 (3.2.6-2ubuntu1) ... Selecting previously unselected package icedtea-netx-common. Preparing to unpack .../icedtea-netx-common_1.5.1-1ubuntu1_all.deb ... Unpacking icedtea-netx-common (1.5.1-1ubuntu1) ... Selecting previously unselected package icedtea-netx:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../icedtea-netx_1.5.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking icedtea-netx:amd64 (1.5.1-1ubuntu1) ... Selecting previously unselected package icedtea-7-plugin:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../icedtea-7-plugin_1.5.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking icedtea-7-plugin:amd64 (1.5.1-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for ca-certificates (20140325) ... Updating certificates in /etc/ssl/certs... 0 added, 0 removed; done. Running hooks in /etc/ca-certificates/update.d.... done. done. Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1) ... Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.6) ... Processing 2 added doc-base files... Registering documents with scrollkeeper... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu3) ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.55ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ... Processing triggers for gconf2 (3.2.6-2ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.11.1-0ubuntu3) ... Setting up tzdata-java (2014g-1) ... Setting up java-common (0.52) ... Setting up libbonobo2-common (2.32.1-3) ... Setting up liborbit-2-0:amd64 (1:2.14.19-0.3) ... Setting up libbonobo2-0:amd64 (2.32.1-3) ... Setting up libgnome2-common (2.32.1-4ubuntu1) ... Setting up fonts-dejavu-extra (2.34-1ubuntu1) ... Setting up libgconf2-4:amd64 (3.2.6-2ubuntu1) ... Setting up icedtea-netx-common (1.5.1-1ubuntu1) ... Setting up openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64 (7u65-2.5.2-4) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/rmid to provide /usr/bin/rmid (rmid) in auto mode update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java to provide /usr/bin/java (java) in auto mode update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/keytool to provide /usr/bin/keytool (keytool) in auto mode update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/pack200 to provide /usr/bin/pack200 (pack200) in auto mode update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/rmiregistry to provide /usr/bin/rmiregistry (rmiregistry) in auto mode update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/unpack200 to provide /usr/bin/unpack200 (unpack200) in auto mode update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/orbd to provide /usr/bin/orbd (orbd) in auto mode update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/servertool to provide /usr/bin/servertool (servertool) in auto mode update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/tnameserv to provide /usr/bin/tnameserv (tnameserv) in auto mode update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/jexec to provide /usr/bin/jexec (jexec) in auto mode Setting up openjdk-7-jre:amd64 (7u65-2.5.2-4) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/policytool to provide /usr/bin/policytool (policytool) in auto mode Setting up libatk-wrapper-java (0.30.4-4) ... Setting up libgnome2-bin (2.32.1-4ubuntu1) ... Setting up libgnome2-0:amd64 (2.32.1-4ubuntu1) ... Setting up icedtea-netx:amd64 (1.5.1-1ubuntu1) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/javaws to provide /usr/bin/javaws (javaws) in auto mode update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/itweb-settings to provide /usr/bin/itweb-settings (itweb-settings) in auto mode update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/share/man/man1/itweb-settings.1.gz with a link update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/javaws to provide /usr/bin/javaws (javaws) in auto mode update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/itweb-settings to provide /usr/bin/itweb-settings (itweb-settings) in auto mode update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/share/man/man1/itweb-settings.1.gz with a link update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/javaws doesn't exist dpkg: error processing package icedtea-netx:amd64 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of icedtea-7-plugin:amd64: icedtea-7-plugin:amd64 depends on icedtea-netx (= 1.5.1-1ubuntu1); however: Package icedtea-netx:amd64 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package icedtea-7-plugin:amd64 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up ca-certificates-java (20140324) ... No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. Setting up libatk-wrapper-java-jni:amd64 (0.30.4-4) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-10ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for ca-certificates (20140325) ... Updating certificates in /etc/ssl/certs... 0 added, 0 removed; done. Running hooks in /etc/ca-certificates/update.d.... done. done. Errors were encountered while processing: icedtea-netx:amd64 icedtea-7-plugin:amd64 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) OS: lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu Utopic Unicorn (development branch) Release: 14.10 Codename: utopic Kernel: uname -r 3.16.0-17-generic Apt: dpkg -l | grep apt ii apt 1.0.8ubuntu1 amd64 commandline package manager -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1363785 Title: package icedtea-netx:amd64 1.5.1-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/icedtea-web/+bug/1363785/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs