Public bug reported: When installing "openjdk-9-jdk" on Ubuntu 16.04, the installation fails:
# apt install openjdk-9-jdk Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: openjdk-9-demo openjdk-9-source visualvm The following NEW packages will be installed: openjdk-9-jdk 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 127 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/16.6 kB of archives. After this operation, 58.4 kB of additional disk space will be used. (Reading database ... 28839 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../openjdk-9-jdk_9~b114-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking openjdk-9-jdk:amd64 (9~b114-0ubuntu1) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/openjdk-9-jdk_9~b114-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/jvm/java-9-openjdk-amd64/include/linux/jawt_md.h', which is also in package openjdk-9-jdk-headless:amd64 9~b114-0ubuntu1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/openjdk-9-jdk_9~b114-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) It appears to be a packaging issue; both openjdk-9-jdk and openjdk-9 -jdk-headless provide the same file /usr/lib/jvm/java-9-openjdk- amd64/include/linux/jawt_md.h As a result, it is not possible to install "openjdk-9-jdk" on Ubuntu 16.04. ** Affects: openjdk-9 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1593191 Title: Installation failure for openjdk-9 on 16.04 ("trying to overwrite jawt_md.h") To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-9/+bug/1593191/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs