[Mageia-discuss] FF java plugin

Sun Sep 9 14:52:06 CEST 2012

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
+
+