[Mageia-discuss] FF java plugin

[Marc Paré]

Thanks Charles and TJ,

That did the trick.

Le 2012-09-09 08:52, TJ a écrit :
> On 09/09/2012 06:09 AM, Charles A Edwards wrote:
>> On Sun, 09 Sep 2012 05:53:29 -0400
>> Marc Paré wrote:
>>
>>> Hmm, something changed and I can no longer play java applets! My java
>>> was just updated to java-1.7.0-openjdk, but, I am not sure if this is
>>> when I lost my java plugin; it may have happened a little while ago
>>> before the update.
>>>
>>> How do I go about installing a java plugin on my FF (Mageia2, 64bit
>>> box).
>>
>>
>> For openjdk you need the icedtea-web rpm.
>>
>>
>> Charles
>>
> And the icedtea-web plugin from the Mageia 2 repositories works with
> openjdk 1.6.x, not 1.7.x. I'm told by one of the Mageia developers that
> because Mageia's icedtea-web uses that openjdk, it is not susceptible to
> the zero-day bug plaguing Oracle's jre 1.7.x versions. Both openjdk
> versions have been installed on my 32-bit system.
>
> Icedtea-web 1.3 was released a few days ago. It may find its way into
> Mageia 2 if there are important bug and/or security fixes, but my guess
> is we will have to wait for Mageia 3.
>
> TJ
>
>

I have to admit that I am not a big fan of Oracle java and its nice that 
there is an alternative.

Cheers,

Marc


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