[lug] java in iceweasel on debian

[Steve Sullivan]

Davide,

Thank you ... installing the package  icedtea6-plugin
solved the problem.

Steve


On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 09:45:11AM -0600, Davide Del Vento wrote:
> > Why?
> 
> Because in my opinion applets (the java stuff you run in a browser) is
> not the right thing to have in a "web page". Applets are that middle
> thing between "pure web" and "pure native apps": neither fish nor
> fowl, in my opinion (by the way, I think the same of flash).
> 
> > Some web sites I would like to use require java.
> 
> Well, than it depends on how strongly do you want that. Myself, I
> browse the web with noscript, and I activate something beyond pure
> HTML and CSS only on a very limited set of sites, if I really have
> very strong reasons for.
> 
> > $ java -version
> > java version "1.6.0_18"
> 
> Ok, so this part is fine. Then it must be the plugin. I just checked
> with mine, and realized that I don't have it installed :-)
> Your package list do not mention this plugin which is icedtea-plugin
> (mine would be at v1.1.3). And since you are using OpenJDK I'll get
> rid of Oracle's java, since I don't think they mix and match happily,
> unless you are very careful (btw, is it still called Sun on your
> system? be careful they may sue you!)
> 
> Hope this helps.
> Davide
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