Re: about installing Java

[Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com>]

On 2015-02-13, Jack Chuge <zhuge.jack@gmail.com> wrote:
> Liam O'Toole 於 2015-2-13 19:40 寫道:
>> On 2015-02-13, Jack Chuge <zhuge.jack@gmail.com> wrote:
>> [SNIP}
>> 
>>> I know it means nothing to me until I want to install CGoban, a go
>>> client been maintaining by kgs(www.gokgs.com). And I found my debian
>>> pre-installed a java version of 1.6.0, seems odd for ever.
>> 
>> kgs appears to be a Java applet. To run it install icedtea-7-plugin.
>> That will pull in openjdk-7-jre. You will need to restart your browser.
>> 
>> Be careful when running Java applets. It's a good idea to set them to
>> 'click to play' in firefox (assuming you use firefox).
>> 
>> You can uninstall openjdk-6-jre, unless you need it for specific legacy
>> applications. It's very old now.
>> 
>
>
> CGoban is a .jnlp format binary, they call it web start program.

Ah, right. For that you use the icedtea-netx package (which is a
dependency of icedtea-7-plugin).

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Liam