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IcedTea is build environment for OpenJDK. It also adds functionality to OpenJDK, including a powerful web plugin.

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How to make IcedTea use OpenJDK instead of (no longer installed) Oracle Java?

I had some issues with an .jnlp file using OpenJDK so I installed Oracle Java. It didn't work either, so I uninstalled it (the config folder is still there though). Now, if I want to open something ...
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icedtea isn't able to open jnlp file

I'm attempting to connect to an iDRAC 8 virtual console from Ubuntu 22.04. Icedtea is installed: icedtea-netx: Installed: 1.8.4-1build1 Candidate: 1.8.4-1build1 When clicking launch on the ...
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icedtea-plugin not working in chromium

The icedtea plugin is working in firefox, but not in Chromium. Chromium shows in about:plugins IcedTea-Web Plugin (using IcedTea-Web 1.2 (1.2-2ubuntu1.1)) The IcedTea-Web Plugin executes Java applets....
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Firefox Java plugin (icedtea) is installed, what prevents it from being loaded?

After upgrading my Ubuntu installation (now running 14.04 LTS) my java plugin for firefox ceased to work. It does not report an error or anything it just tells me that I need to install a plugin to ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Install a Java web app that requires 32 bit libraries

I have a JNLP file that when it starts the install errors for not having: RROR: package libXtst.i686 is not installed ERROR: package libgcc.i686 is not installed ERROR: package libXrender.i686 is not ...
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Java not running in latest Firefox

Java is not working or showing up in Firefox 71, though I have Icedtea installed: sudo apt-get install icedtea-plugin icedtea-plugin is already the newest version (1.6.2-3ubuntu1). 0 upgraded, 0 ...
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Run JNLP (Java Network Launching Protocol) file on Ubuntu 20.04

I am new to Ubuntu 20.04 (or say any version). I recently upgraded my PC from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.04. While in Ubuntu 18.04 I was able to login to my company from file *.jnlp. Required Java ...
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How to update IcedTea plugin for latest java

Verifying Java Version A newer version of Java is available Your Java version: Version 7 Update 65 Newer Version 8 Update 25 How do I update IcedTea plugin for latest java?
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Password field is disabled in Icedtea

Password Field is disabled when I start my "jnlp" program using IcedTea. How to enable password field so I can login?
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Failed to open Cisco WebEx meeting using Java Web Start

To enter a college class I need to execute a JNPL file using the command line (because audio doesn't work from Chrome or Firefox): user@computer:~$ sudo javaws '/home/user/Downloads/CiscoWebExServlet' ...
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How to get sound with KGS go server with 16.04 or higher?

Before 16.04 we can get sound using the client cgoban-h.jar and openjdk-6 (and pulseaudio). But no more openjdk 6 for 16.04. The only sound working actually is the bell at the start of a game. :/ ...
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JavaScript for Firefox 35 and later

Is there anything current or installing a Java and JavaScript for the new Firefox? I recently upgraded Firefox. Now websites I need are not working. There is old information about IcedTea Java plug-in ...
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Java applets crashing in 14.04 and 14.10

PhET simulations (java applets) crash in 14.04 (and in 14.10 [update]) after execution. Icedtea starts loading the app and gets to 100%. Then it crashes. I get an error message to use the console to ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 - icedtea-6-plugin:i386 : Depends: icedtea-netx:i386 (= 1.5-1ubuntu1)

First of all, I'm a noob on ubuntu. I needed to run a Java application and installed latest version. After that, tried to run .jar file, it worked, but when I try to run the installed files, they give ...
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IcedTea plugin for OpenJDK 8

I updated from OpenJDK 7 to 8. I uninstalled 7, which uninstalled the IcedTea plugin as well. I tried to reinstall IcedTea with sudo apt-get install icedtea-7-plugin But it doesn't work. When I ...
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Java web application (jnlp) doesn't work

I want to open a java web application (Mirth Connect) on my Ubuntu machine. So following the tips on this page I installed icedtea: sudo apt-get install icedtea-netx and then executed the jnlp file ...
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How can I install the icedtea 7 plugin on 16.04?

I have just installed Ubuntu 16.04, and need to run a Java 7 applet in Firefox, so I installed OpenJDK 7 following the instructions here. Now when I test my java version this is what I get: % java -...
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Running Java Applet on Ubuntu in 16.04

I'm trying to run Java applet on ubuntu 16.04 chrome and firefox browsers. After googling online I see suggestions to install 'icedtea'. Even after that I'm still not able to run java applet as i ...
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libnpjp2.so - java plugin missing in openjdk-8-jdk:i386

I am using ubuntu 14.10 and i installed jdk8 via apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk:i386. Using update-alternatives, I have made java 8 as the default one. Now, when i checked java on firefox using this ...
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i am having issues with an outdated version of iced-tea and have tried doin f install and no luck

Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/icedtea-netx_1.5.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1_amd64.deb Error in function: dpkg: error processing package icedtea-netx:i386 (--configure): ...
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CheckPoint VPN on Ubuntu without IcedTea plugin

I was using firefox with IcedTea plugin to connect to my company CheckPoint VPN, because with snx I never succeeded to connect and don't know how to configure other vpn clients. Now, starting from ...
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Getting java plugin into firefox [duplicate]

I want the java plugin to work in Firefox and so I want to be clear on something. It appears that the default JRE (OpenJDK) that one gets from doing sudo apt install default-jre will not work, and ...
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Java doesn't work (IcedTea )

I installed IcedTea Plugin on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS using Firefox. I receive this error message: Problem initializing runtime environment. Changing the SecurityManager is not allowed. I am not very ...
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one JVM only -- how?

I had to install the Oracle JDK to get Netbeans to launch (forgot about umake). Now that I have the official JVM, I want to remove each and every other JVM -- all the OpenJDK stuff, including IcedTea,...
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OpenJDK, IcedTea security settings

I am a beginner Linux user. From my knowledge the system uses OpenJDK and IcedTea only when I connect to a SAP IDES server through SAP GUI JAVA adding a string in it to connect to that server. I use ...
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Cgoban3 for offline use

The software Cgoban3 client is a program to play the game of Go online on the KGS server: http://www.gokgs.com/index.jsp In order to download the Cgoban3 client one first has to get the file cgoban....
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Error in downloading IcedTea web Start

I executed the command: sudo apt-get install icedtea-netx ...and this error was displayed: Error in downloading IcedTea web Start.. A screenshot of the terminal session: Please Help!
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Java is not working in any browser

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 , and I've used the 12th edition and 13th and it was always the same problem for me, java is NOT working on any of my browser : all applets aren't functional, I can't login to ...
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Java not working on Ubuntu 15.04 [duplicate]

When i double click on a .jar file, it opens the archive manager. I have made it executable. I have tried getting Java 6,7 and 8 from the Software center. If i right click on the file and choose to ...
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Cannot launch .jnlp file in precise pangolin

I'm trying to install Matlab but I can't open the download_agent installed from mathworks. It's an jnlp file, but if I use open with -> IcedTea in nautilus nothing happens, and when I try javaws ...
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Mozilla plugin not found to install icedtea

I couldn't configure icedtea web plugin because the ./configure commands fails due to an such an error: Package requirements (mozilla-plugin) were not met: No package 'mozilla-plugin' found Consider ...
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Unable to install icedtea plugin on Utopic Unicorn 14.10

Trying to install icedtea-7-plugin on 14.10 x64 gives an error. apt-get install icedtea-7-plugin . . . Selecting previously unselected package icedtea-netx:amd64. . . . Processing triggers for man-...
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IcedTea Doesn't Run Properly in Firefox

I have Java 7 installed for Ubuntu 12.04 and I have IcedTea installed in Firefox (33.0). Some Java plugins are not working correctly. For example: starting from the IcedTea-Web-Tests (see the IcedTea ...
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Problem in launchimg TopCoder Arena

I have a IcedTea plugin for TopCoder Arena. I used it till a week back. But today when I am trying to launch the arena, it is showing this error Fatal: Initialization Error: Could not initialize ...
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How to use Firefox AppArmor profile with IcedTea Java plugin on Ubuntu 14.04?

Whenever I set up Ubuntu on a new system, I active the default AppArmor profile for Firefox via sudo aa-enforce /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.firefox Doing this on Ubuntu 14.04, however, makes Java ...
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How do I update the IcedTea Plugin on 12.10?

Whenever I open up the page http://www.runescape.com/game.ws? in google chrome I get the notice, "IcedTea was blocked because it is out of date" and gives me the two options of updating it or running ...
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Iced Tea plugin keeps asking for permission to run Java applets

Every time the browser wants to load a Java applet a dialog asking me for permission to run the java applet appears. No matter if I check the option "remember this option" or not, the dialog appears, ...
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Unable to start topcoder arena in Ubuntu 14.04

When I want to clear cache using javaws - viewer these error comes. I am trying to launch my topcoder arena. Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -javaagent:/usr/share/java/jayatanaag.jar Exception in ...
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Where is the IcedTea Control Panel?

I want to disable the sandbox banner on Java Webstart applications, and the official documentation hints at a control panel, but I am unable to find it.
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java plugin in Chromium

Icedtea-7-plugin installed but it does not appears in the list in about:plugins in Chromium. Not able to execute java applets. Tried installing Icedtea-7-plugin but in vain. Using openjdk7 in 14.04
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Installing IcedTeaPlugin for Chrome

I am trying to get the java plugin to work on chrome but have failed so far. I made symbolic links for the two files : IcedTeaPlugin.so and libjavaplugin.so I made the links in the file section /opt/...
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Error running Java web application with OpenJDK Java7 runtime in Ubuntu 14.04

I have fresh Ubuntu 14.04 install on my HP Pavilion g6 laptop. I have installed OpenJDK and IcedTea plugin in order to run Java applications as explained here. But when I am going to chess.com ...
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icedtea-web 1.5 needs confirmation to run trusted applet

I've got ubuntu 14.04 64 bit. I'm using firefox 29 and icedtea as java. "About:plugin" in firefox: IcedTea-Web Plugin (using IcedTea-Web 1.5 (1.5-1ubuntu1)) Now I've setup firefox to ask to activate ...
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Problems running java websites

I'm having problems with openjdk7 and icedtea7. In one computer, which works with ubuntu 13.10, I have installed openjdk7 and icedtea7. In the other computer, which works with ubuntu 12.04 and is an ...
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Are there any reliable sources with more frequent jdk icedtea package releases?

I use the canonical repository for retrieving updates from the jdk icedtea, but it seems that it is lagging a lot behind what is supposed to be the latest stable version as per the icedtea website (...
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icedtea-7-plugin non-functional in Ubuntu 13.04

I installed(sudo apt-get install) icedtea-7-plugin (and all its dependencies) and have closed firefox and reopened it; and the plugin still does not appear in http//about:plugins Is there a fix for ...
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how to enable in chrome icedtea7 java plugin instead of icedtea6?

My chrome browser in ubuntu 12.04 uses iced6 plugin. Test http://java.com/en/download/testjava.jsp shows java6, but via update-alternatives I switched java/javac to using openjdk-java7
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Replacing the OpenJDK with the Oracle JDK

I've had the archive file for Oracle's JDK for some time and have been running java applications through ~/Downloads/jdk1.7.0/bin/java -jar <jarfile> for some time, but I'm wondering if there's ...
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IcedTea plugin not working in Midori web browser

I have Lubuntu 13.04, and I use the Midori WebBrowser. I initially had a problem with the plugins, but later on, I could activate Flash and Java. I use the IcedTea browser plugin to view Java content. ...
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How to run topcoder arena applet using proxy in Ubuntu 12.10?

I was trying to run topcoder arena applet using proxy. I install latest JDK and iced-tea. When I try to run using: javaws ContestAppletProd.jnlp I'm getting: File cannot be launched because ...