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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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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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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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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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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 in google chrome I get the notice, "IcedTea was blocked because it is out of date" and gives me the two options of updating it or running ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Google Chrome says IcedTea is out of date

IcedTea for Google Chrome won't work. What happens is this - when I visit the Java test page http://www.java.com/en/download/testjava.jsp, Chrome throws this: When I click Update plug-in..., it just ...
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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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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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Compiling IcedTea: JDK home directory could not be found

Google Chrome keeps telling me that I need to update icedtea, I tried installing them from terminal, didn't work so I'm installing icedtea and icedtea-web from source, when I do ./configure it tells ...
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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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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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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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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 ...
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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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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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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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How to remove openjdk-7?

I want to uninstall java 7 and install the version 6 (as some of programs I would like to use are incompatible with 7). I tried : $ sudo apt-get remove openjdk-7-jre [sudo] password for USER: ...
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javaws is installed and it is not installed - what is going on?

I used the Ubuntu (12.04) Software-Center to install IcedTea Web Control Panel and IcedTea Java Web Start to start a WebStart java-file with the ending jnlp. After this is done I tried to start a file ...
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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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OpenJDK not working in Ubuntu 12.10 on Firefox

This is a problem I've been facing for quite some time now : installing Java. I have installed the following packages using Synaptic icedtea-netx openjdk-7-jre A few others got installed along with ...
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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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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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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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Iced tea-2.3.4 installation script fails on executing

I downloaded icedtea-2.3.4 tar ball and extracted it on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS desktop system. While running install-sh (permission allowed to be executable) and clicking on Run in terminal gives ...
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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