Re: openjdk-7-jre and Iceweasel
On 30/09/11 01:54, Lisi wrote:
> I am trying, without success, to run:
>
> http://media.pearsoncmg.com/aw/aw_kurose_network_2/applets/dns/dns.html
>
> The problem is the applet. The Java I have on my Lenny system is too old.
> Hardly surprising. So I switched to Wheezy. Still not OK. I checked: I
> only had openjdk-6-jre. So I installed openjdk-7-jre and its dependencies.
> Still no joy. I imagine that iceweasel is not using it at all, or not in the
> way that jre 7 needs. What can I do to run this applet? This is a course in
> OSS, so it shouldn't require anything proprietary.
>
> Thanks
> Lisi
>
>
Despite your optimistic expectations - it works with Oracle's JDK
6.0_27. I tried with openjdk-7-jre but the browser claimed it needed a
plugin... yet update-alternatives looked correct. I haven't tried with
icedtea.
Cheers
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