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aptitude remove openjdk-6-jre openjdk-6-jre-headless openjdk-6-jre-lib icedtea6-plugin icedtea-6-jre-cacao
aptitude install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-pluginReplacing OpenJDK with Sun Java
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anonova
Replacing OpenJDK with Sun Java
I recently installed the main Linux Mint 9 (i386). I'm having some trouble running Java applets in Firefox. I searched around and found that the general solution is to replace OpenJDK and IcedTea with Sun Java and its web plugin. What is the preferred way to go about doing this? There are a lot of guides for Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10, but I'm not sure if they will work with the 10.04 base. I decided to look at what's installed and the packages in the repositories and came up with this.
Can anyone confirm that this will not mess up a fairly fresh Linux Mint 9 install?
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Re: Replacing OpenJDK with Sun Java
I usually use synaptic, and install Sun's jdk first, then remove open jdk (iced-tea). That way I don't inadvertently uninstall an app dependent on java.
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vincent
Re: Replacing OpenJDK with Sun Java
Did you install the DVD version or the CD version? If the DVD version, then you already have Sun Java installed.
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anonova
Re: Replacing OpenJDK with Sun Java
Fortunately, aptitude was smart enough not to do that. I executed the commands I posted in a VM, and everything seems to have went okay.hinto wrote:I usually use synaptic, and install Sun's jdk first, then remove open jdk (iced-tea). That way I don't inadvertently uninstall an app dependent on java.
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I used the CD version. Why does the CD version have OpenJDK, and the DVD one, Sun Java?vincent wrote:Did you install the DVD version or the CD version? If the DVD version, then you already have Sun Java installed.
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vincent
Re: Replacing OpenJDK with Sun Java
Java was left out of the CD because of space restrictions, as was VLC, OpenOffice.org-base, F-Spot, Samba, additional wallpapers and ttf-dejavu (the last one is a truetype font). All of the above were included on the DVD though.
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Re: Replacing OpenJDK with Sun Java
If for example, you have Eclipse installed and uninstall iced-tea first, Eclipse will be uninstalled since you will have a broken dependencies. That is why I install sun-jdk first, then uninstall iced-tea.anonova wrote:Fortunately, aptitude was smart enough not to do that. I executed the commands I posted in a VM, and everything seems to have went okay.hinto wrote:I usually use synaptic, and install Sun's jdk first, then remove open jdk (iced-tea). That way I don't inadvertently uninstall an app dependent on java.
-HI used the CD version. Why does the CD version have OpenJDK, and the DVD one, Sun Java?vincent wrote:Did you install the DVD version or the CD version? If the DVD version, then you already have Sun Java installed.
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