OpenJDK-7 version of javaws

It should be there, but I've only tested it on 11.10 and 12.04 A1
Definitely not available for 10.04 LTS

sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre

Chris

I'm on 11.10 and can't find it in openjdk-7-jre or elsewhere.

Is this something I should report as a bug, then?

mibus@lambda:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10"
mibus@lambda:~$ dpkg -L openjdk-7-jre|grep javaws
mibus@lambda:~$ dpkg -l openjdk-7-\*|grep ^ii
ii openjdk-7-jdk 7~b147-2.0-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 OpenJDK Development Kit (JDK)
ii openjdk-7-jre 7~b147-2.0-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT
ii openjdk-7-jre-headless 7~b147-2.0-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT (headless)
ii openjdk-7-jre-lib 7~b147-2.0-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 OpenJDK Java runtime (architecture independent libraries)

Many thanks;
Robert.

Ah...

I think you need the icedtea plugin but when I look there's only icedtea6-plugin. It might revert you to openjdk-6-jre if you install it. Try it and see?

Chris

Assume it's rather due to icedtea-plugin which depends on openjdk-6-jre.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/icedtea6-plugin

icedtea-netx includes javaws but also depends on openjdk-6-jre.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric-updates/icedtea-netx

Maybe test directly from Oracle.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java

Yes, there's an icedtea-netx version for OpenJDK6:

mibus@lambda:~$ apt-file find javaws
app-install-data: /usr/share/app-install/desktop/icedtea-netx:icedtea-netx-javaws.desktop
icedtea-netx: /etc/icedtea-web/javaws.policy
icedtea-netx: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/javaws
icedtea-netx: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/javaws
icedtea-netx: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/man/man1/javaws.1
icedtea-netx: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/man/man1/javaws.1.gz
icedtea-netx: /usr/share/applications/icedtea-netx-javaws.desktop

Trying to use it (while openjdk7 is selected for "/usr/bin/java" via alternatives) still starts the openjdk6 JVM.

Looking for manpage founds latest from 2003.
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/gutsy/man1/javaws.j2se14.1.html

But found javaws in jscribble.
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man1/jscribble.1.html

> still starts the openjdk6 JVM.

Yep, it's it dependency.

Just in case you stumble over
http://askubuntu.com/questions/39781/unable-to-locate-usr-lib-jvm-java-6-sun-jre-lib-javaws-jar-in-usr-share-java

it doesn't incl. javaws
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/87571722/sun-java6_6.26-2natty1_source.changes

https://launchpad.net/~ferramroberto/+archive/java

What package do I need in order to install javaws using a .deb package for version 7 of OpenJDK?? thanks, Ric