Icedtea / OpenJDK running a Java Web Start (.jnlp) app

[T.C. Hollingsworth]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Fernando Cassia <fcassia at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 19:25, Fernando Cassia <fcassia at gmail.com> wrote:
>> So here I am, looking at a browser that tells me if I want to open a
>> .jnlp link with a text editor, instead of looking at the Java Web
>> Start app I want to launch. The Icedtea page provides no information
>> of use, and google searches have me going in circles.
>
> D'oh! there is a /bin/javaws on my system. I guess IcedTea put it there.
> It's just not associated as a helper app in the browser.

If you're using Firefox, just click on a JNLP file, choose Other from
the "Open with" dropdown, enter "/usr/bin/javaws", and check the "Do
this automatically" box, and you'll be all set.

-T.C.