javaws missing in openjdk[78]

[Jung-uk Kim]

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On 03/ 1/16 12:32 PM, Joe Nosay wrote:
> Is there an open source version that is similar to their Java Web
> Start?

AFAIK, IcedTea-Web is the only option.  If it is not "similar" enough
for you, then Oracle Java 8 for Linux is the only choice ATM, i.e.,
java/linux-oracle-{jdk,jre}18.

Jung-uk Kim

> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 4:49 PM, Jung-uk Kim <jkim at freebsd.org 
> <mailto:jkim at freebsd.org>> wrote:
> 
> On 02/29/16 04:37 PM, Dr. A. Haakh wrote:
>> Volodymyr Kostyrko schrieb:
>>> Dr. A. Haakh wrote:
>>>> Hello, I realized that javaws is missing in openjdk7 and 
>>>> openjdk8. Any plans to include/reactivate it. Would be nice
>>>> to administer my Server and Switch via webinterface...
>>> 
>>> It's not part of openjdk, you need java/icedtea-web. That port 
>>> contains both javaws and web plugin.
>>> 
>> Thanks! Icedtea-web did the trick. Nevertheless: in openjdk[78]
>> is all the stuff for javaws -- its just not yet ported.
> 
> No, Sun/Oracle never open-sourced their Java Web Start
> implementation.
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