few quick question on openjdk

ssl6 · 2008-08-26 16:11:46

so i`ve been running arch 64 on my desktop for the longest time now. one of the things thats been buggin me is the lack of a jave browser plugin

now yesterday i came across openjdk, which i`d never heard of before.

my understanding is that it has a browser plugin? is that right? not sure if its important, but i use firefox as my main browser

the other thing i just found while searching openjdk in AUR was icedtea. which would be better exactly?

edit// forgot to ask if/how either openjdk or icedtea would conflict with open office, or azureus, or frostwire, i think they`re the only 3 apps i have that use java, other than the regular webbrowsing that requires a plugin time to time

Last edited by ssl6 (2008-08-26 16:22:24)

shining · 2008-08-26 17:46:59

1) If you look at the sources used by openjdk6 in extra or icedtea6 or openjdk in AUR, they all use openjdk + icedtea.
So as far as I can tell, they are all basically the same.

2) openjdk6 in extra provides the mozilla plugin so that should work in firefox

3) openjdk+icedtea is a fully working jre/jdk , so any java apps should run just fine.

staple · 2008-08-26 18:44:14

i can't get some apps to load from the browser with icedtea

for example:
http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~gtg460r/co … 01/applet/

ssl6 · 2008-08-26 20:14:57

well, i got the icedtea package from the fr repo. but does it have the firefox/mozilla plugin or is that just openjdk

shining · 2008-08-26 20:30:30

ssl6 wrote:

well, i got the icedtea package from the fr repo. but does it have the firefox/mozilla plugin or is that just openjdk

Why don't you just look ?

pacman -Ql icedtea6 | grep plugins

Edit : anyway, you should try the arch official one that is in extra now.

Last edited by shining (2008-08-26 20:31:16)

ssl6 · 2008-08-26 23:32:34

theres an icedtea package in the extra repo? nvm, your talking about the gcj-comapt one right

and i used that command, looks like it does have mozilla plugins.

anyway, i got it all going, i think. thanks for the help

Last edited by ssl6 (2008-08-26 23:40:22)

SyXbiT · 2008-08-27 05:09:00

i just installed openjdk6
on first going to a java applet site it asked to choose a temp directory. i chose the default /tmp.
then it never worked since.
go the usual 'applet not initialised'

shining · 2008-08-27 06:57:08

ssl6 wrote:

theres an icedtea package in the extra repo? nvm, your talking about the gcj-comapt one right

I don't think you understand : all archlinux PACKAGES (whether they are called openjdk or icedtea or whatever) all use both openjdk and icedtea PROJECTS.
The archlinux PACKAGE in extra is called "openjdk6".

ssl6 · 2008-08-27 12:06:13

oh, i was looking for icedtea in extra, probably why i didn`t find it. thanks

Janax · 2008-08-27 12:21:22

Just a note - if you want to use the 'openjdk' as a browser plugin for browsers, make sure you also have 'xulrunner' installed. I had to install that package manually because of a missed dependency somewhere, but now it works beautifully.

SyXbiT · 2008-08-30 21:38:08

i reinstalled both openjdk and xulrunner, but i still get the same 'applet not initialised' error on all java applets.

get this. it works in opera, but neither firefox nor epiphany. (i reinstalled firefox and all its dependencies, and tried using a new profile.. nothing!)
any ideas?

Last edited by SyXbiT (2008-08-30 21:41:05)

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