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/etc/environment: line 2: PATH: No such file or directory

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I'm running Ubuntu 12.04. Recently I've noticed that Ubuntu Software Centre fails to install/remove packages to/from my computer.

Here is the error description.

installArchives() failed: Setting up install-info (4.13a.dfsg.1-8ubuntu2) ...

/etc/environment: line 2: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-i386/jre/bin: No such file or directory

dpkg: error processing install-info (--configure):

 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Errors were encountered while processing:

 install-info

Error in function: 

Setting up install-info (4.13a.dfsg.1-8ubuntu2) ...

/etc/environment: line 2: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-i386/jre/bin: No such file or directory

dpkg: error processing install-info (--configure):

 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Following is the image for same:

USC Error

What is the reason for this and how can I fix this?

Output of cat /etc/environment

PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games"

CLASSPATH= "/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-i386/jre/bin"

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answered 1 Year ago chilgirlguid · Accepted Answer

I think I figured out a fix.

My /etc/environment had the CLASSPATH variable set to my previous openJDK installation. Recently I installed Oracle JDK manually and removed openJDK. But somehow /etc/environment contained the old CLASSPATH value.

But what wonders me is that the issue appeared just recently that I could install/remove packages successfully even after my java re-installation.

Thanks @gertvdijk for your insight. :)