Problems with program updates since installing Java 8

[Oswulf]

I recently installed Oracle Java 8 (specifically jre1.8.0_112) on LDME 2, 64 bit. Since then every installation via Update Manager seems to be failing with error messages relating to .pack files (plugin.pack, javaws.pack, etc.). These files don't exist. However, there are corresponding .jar files (plugin.jar, javaws.jar, etc.) in the correct directories. Is there a way to fix this? I had thought about simply renaming the .jar files to .pack, but fear this might break something else.

Thanks.

[trytip]

re-install java again http://tecadmin.net/install-java-8-on-debian/#

[Oswulf]

re-install java again http://tecadmin.net/install-java-8-on-debian/#

Fails in a very similar manner:

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Setting up jre1.8.0-112 (1.8.0112-1) ...
Unpacking JAR files...
   plugin.jar...
Error: Could not open input file: /usr/java/jre1.8.0_112/lib/plugin.pack
   javaws.jar...
Error: Could not open input file: /usr/java/jre1.8.0_112/lib/javaws.pack
   deploy.jar...
Error: Could not open input file: /usr/java/jre1.8.0_112/lib/deploy.pack
   rt.jar...
Error: Could not open input file: /usr/java/jre1.8.0_112/lib/rt.pack
   jsse.jar...
Error: Could not open input file: /usr/java/jre1.8.0_112/lib/jsse.pack
   charsets.jar...
Error: Could not open input file: /usr/java/jre1.8.0_112/lib/charsets.pack
   localedata.jar...
Error: Could not open input file: /usr/java/jre1.8.0_112/lib/ext/localedata.pack
/var/lib/dpkg/info/jre1.8.0-112.postinst: line 641: /usr/sbin/alternatives: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package jre1.8.0-112 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
 jre1.8.0-112
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)