purging openJDK from Ubuntu

[Weijun Wang]

I'm not an expert on ubuntu's packaging system, but is it possible that 
you have installed java-related packages and apt-get believes you need a 
JDK/JRE anyway?

-Max

On 06/03/2012 11:16 PM, Bayan Rafeh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to purge openJDK from my system in Ubuntu Precise with
> apt-get, but it forces me to install a different version of OpenJDK
> every time I try to do so, so for example when I try apt-get purge
> openjdk-7-jre, it forces me to install openjdk 6 and vice versa. I've
> got a custom update-alternatives setup and this bug breaks dpkg every
> time I upgrade, so any help is greatly appreciated.
>