Suggestion: Keeping Oracle (Sun) Java

[Dry Lips]

What will happen with the java-plugin that comes with Mint when Lisa is launched?

“Oracle (Sun) Java Runtime Environment (JRE) has been removed from the official software
repositories of Ubuntu. In Ubuntu 11.10, it has even disappeared from the Partner repository. “
http://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxt ... from-all-r

In my experience OpenJDK/IcedTea simply doesn't work with the secure java login which is used in
the most common ebank solution in my country, so I really hope that you will include Oracle Java in Lisa,
even though it has disappeared from the official repos.

Sorry if this is more of a plea than a suggestion!

[xenopeek]

First, I'm assuming you want to install Oracle Java version 6. As for Oracle Java version 7, this announcement from Oracle is relevant: http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/moving_to_openjdk_as_the. Basically, Oracle has made OpenJDK the reference implementation for Java version 7. So, though indeed there are compatibility issues on version 6 between Oracle Java and OpenJDK, this should be a lot less with version 7 as OpenJDK is now the official reference implementation for all implementers of Java 7.

As for Oracle Java 6, you will be able to easily install that on Linux Mint 12 (or Ubuntu 11.10) with the following three commands:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-plugin

I hope that is one worry less for you

[Dry Lips]

Thanks a lot! I was looking for a repo with the old sun-java!

So... Will Lisa have OpenJDK7 included then, or are they going to stick with sun-java6?

[xenopeek]

Well, I'm not sure. But as Ubuntu 11.10 has moved to OpenJDK I'm assuming Linux Mint 12 will follow.

[wei2912]

Hopefully it is included, Sun/Oracle java works with more programs.

[proxima_centauri]

For what it's worth, sun-java6 is available in the Linux Mint 12 Lisa repository
http://packages.linuxmint.com/list.php? ... a#upstream

[wei2912]

For what it's worth, sun-java6 is available in the Linux Mint 12 Lisa repository
http://packages.linuxmint.com/list.php? ... a#upstream

Thanks! Will be adding this PPA after RC is released.

Edit: This might be off-topic, but is it safe to add this PPA before the RC is released?

[proxima_centauri]

It's not a PPA, it's the official Linux Mint repo for Linux Mint 12.

No, it's not safe to add it, and it is designed with GNOME3 in mind.

[wei2912]

It's not a PPA, it's the official Linux Mint repo for Linux Mint 12.

No, it's not safe to add it, and it is designed with GNOME3 in mind.

Sorry, got too used to Launchpad PPAs. Thanks for the information.

[wei2912]

This needs to be addressed, since JDK & JRE 7 was released, but i could only find openjdk-7 instead of sunjdk-7 in Synaptic Package Manager. Newbies who want the latest JRE/JDK have to enter the terminal and type a lot of commands just to do that. Worse thing, they have to use root, thus they may damage their system badly.

[proxima_centauri]

As far as I know, it's a licensing issue - distributions may no longer package java jre/jdk.
You have to use sun-java6 or openjdk7. Otherwise you can manually install the newest oracle version of java from their website.

[craig10x]

Suprisingly...Oracle provides an rpm install package for both Oracle Java 6 AND Java 7 but does NOT provide an install package for deb....being that debian based distros are more common then red hat based distros, you would think they would...i e-mailed them about it but received no response...

I hope Clem will package the Oracle java 7 into future editions of mint (like when version 7 eventually replaces 6 and so forth) because ubuntu itself no longer provides it and it is very true that even Open Java 7 does not work on all programs (even though Oracle claims that Open Java 7 and Oracle Java 7 are supposedly compatable) apparently they still are not...

I know because i have a program that works great on the licensed version but does NOT work at all on either Open 6 OR Open 7....
The least Oracle should do is provide a simply deb install package for it...manually installing it is a pain in the rear and could potentially mess up your terminal if you don't install it correctly...

[wei2912]

Suprisingly...Oracle provides an rpm install package for both Oracle Java 6 AND Java 7 but does NOT provide an install package for deb....being that debian based distros are more common then red hat based distros, you would think they would...i e-mailed them about it but received no response...

I hope Clem will package the Oracle java 7 into future editions of mint (like when version 7 eventually replaces 6 and so forth) because ubuntu itself no longer provides it and it is very true that even Open Java 7 does not work on all programs (even though Oracle claims that Open Java 7 and Oracle Java 7 are supposedly compatable) apparently they still are not...

I know because i have a program that works great on the licensed version but does NOT work at all on either Open 6 OR Open 7....
The least Oracle should do is provide a simply deb install package for it...manually installing it is a pain in the rear and could potentially mess up your terminal if you don't install it correctly...

Agreed.

[Dry Lips]

How can Mint have Java included in the installation, when you keep in mind that Oracle Java was removed from the Ubuntu repos... Since it's a question of licensing I wonder how they get away with this?

[craig10x]

probably because linux mint is based in ireland...so not subjected to those licensing restrictions...that is why mint offers two versions of their isos...with codecs and without...for legal distribution in the US and Japan that have those restrictions...of course, nothing prevents one (in US and Japan) from using the codec iso even though in those countries, technically it is not quite legal (lol)...

just like nothing prevents one from downloading dvd files from newsgroups, right?

i can't figure why ubuntu itself is not using the license versions since the open source versions of java runtime can be incompatible with many online java applications...i have noticed this even with the open source java 7 which supposedly is 100% compatible with the Oracle version...not so

if ubuntu really plans on going mainstream (which they seem to be planning on doing) this is not going to work well for them at all...

Not sure what Clem's plans are for future editions of mint regarding the java runtime issue...

[Dry Lips]

i can't figure why ubuntu itself is not using the license versions since the open source versions of java runtime can be incompatible with many online java applications...i have noticed this even with the open source java 7 which supposedly is 100% compatible with the Oracle version...not so

Yeah, I OpenJDK doesn't work at all for my net banking. Having windows around just to pay my bills is uncool...

[Dry Lips]

Question:

Is sun java actually in the mint repos, or is it just included in the installation as a static package? In other words, will you receive upgrades if new versions of java 6 are released?

[anitaconway]

First, I'm assuming you want to install Oracle Java version 6. As for Oracle Java version 7, this announcement from Oracle is relevant: http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/moving_to_openjdk_as_the. Basically, Oracle has made OpenJDK the reference implementation for Java version 7. So, though indeed there are compatibility issues on version 6 between Oracle Java and OpenJDK, this should be a lot less with version 7 as OpenJDK is now the official reference implementation for all implementers of Java 7.

As for Oracle Java 6, you will be able to easily install that on Linux Mint 12 (or Ubuntu 11.10) with the following three commands:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-plugin

I hope that is one worry less for you

FINALLY!!!! something that actually worked to fix my problem I've been looking for three days and this is what fixed it. Thanks for posting.

[craig10x]

This one is even better (was posted in another mint forums thread) it is a deb file compiled for the licensed Oracle Java (which took over for sun)....
it will always install the latest version of the licensed java run time...
viewtopic.php?f=42&t=93052

I used it on my ubuntu 11.10 install...works perfect!!!