Firefox and java-1.7.0-openjdk -

[Jiri Vanek]

On 07/22/2013 05:32 PM, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>
> I have two F-19/64 computers with Firefox 22 that want "Java Runtime Environment" in order to access
> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/crossword/ and several others. It appears that java openjdk is
> installed?
>
> [root at box10 bobg]# yum install java-1.*-openjdk
> Loaded plugins: langpacks
> Package 1:java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.25-2.3.10.4.fc19.x86_64 already installed and latest version
> Package 1:java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.0-0.9.b89.fc19.x86_64 already installed and latest version
> Nothing to do
>
> I even tried replacing Firefox 22 with 21 but apparentlythe requires replacing the hidden
> configuration files also and I didn't want to do that so put FF-22 back. I also hoped to get rid of
> pdf problems by using RR-21, but that's another query I guess.
>
> Is there a solution to the Java JDK problem?
>
> Bob
>
plugin and javaws are in icedtea-web package, so please install it, the page will then work for you :)
Also please remove java-1.8.0-openjdk unless you know what you are doing. It is experimental beta 
package :)

J.