alternatives --display gets stuck: failed to read link: No such file or directory

Removing the /var/lib/alternatives/javaws file resolved the issue (for me).

# alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_07/jre/bin/java1
failed to read link /user/bin/java: No such file or directory


# ls /uesr/bin/java
ls: cannot access /user/bin/java: No such file or directory

# ls -al /var/lib/alternatives/java
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 105 Sep 22 11:39 /var/lib/alternatives/java

# rm /var/lib/alternatives/java
rm /var/lib/alternatives/java
rm: remove regular file `/var/lib/alternatives/java'? y

# alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws java/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_07/jre/bin/java 1

# which java
/bin/java

# ls /usr/bin/java
/usr/bin/java


# ls -al /var/lib/alternatives/java
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 65 Sep 22 11:50 /var/lib/alternatives/java

# cat /var/lib/alternatives/java
auto
/usr/bin/java

/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_07/jre/bin/java 1