Re: Wheezy and Sun-Java
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 08:29:41PM -0300, Dr Beco wrote:
> Dear linuxers,
>
> According to this blog (
> http://sylvestre.ledru.info/blog/sylvestre/2011/08/26/sun_java6_packages_removed_from_debian_u
> )
> from Sylvestre, responsible for maintaining sun-java*, Java did not
> renew it's license, and so, sun-java6-jre and sun-java-plugin will not
> be available on Wheezy.
>
> The author suggests:
> apt-get --purge remove sun-java6-jre && apt-get install openjdk-7-jre
> in another (more recent) post.
>
> Unfortunately, my internet baking does not recognize openjdk. Only
> sun-java seems to work. When calling technical support, the attendant
> insist I should upgrade to the last sun-java plugin. There is simply
> no alternatives for me.
>
Did you install the icedtea plugin? That is the browser plugin that
works with openjdk. Just make sure that doesn't work before you go
through the trouble of installing sun/oracle java from squeeze or from
source.
-Rob
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