Re: [gNewSense-users] Java plugin for iceweasel

[Sam Geeraerts]

Op Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:12:00 +0530
schreef arnuld uttre <address@hidden>:

> how can I install Java plugin for iceweasel ?  Debian had a package
> called icedtea-plugin but we do not have for gNewSense:
> 
>  https://packages.debian.org/sid/icedtea-plugin
> 
> 
> We have something which does not look like a plugin to me. What I need
> to do Java work in browser ?

Java in Debian Squeeze has dependency bugs. We fixed that to some extent
in Parkes [1] so that much of Java can be installed. But fixing the
icedtea bug [2] requires time (and knowledge of the package) that we
don't have.

[1] https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?41740
[2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=718431