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On Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric), I installed openjdk-7-jre openjdk-7-jdk but could not find icedtea7-plugin. How to get the plugin?

$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_147-icedtea"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea7 2.0) (7~b147-2.0-0ubuntu0.11.10.1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0-b17, mixed mode)
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Install icedtea6-plugin

sudo apt-get install icedtea6-plugin

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its 6 with java 7

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One Zero
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sudo apt-get install icedtea-web is the correct command.

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    I tried the command and was told that I have installed the latest version.

    But:

    $ sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64 update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for -javaplugin.so. update-java-alternatives: plugin alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so

    I could not find in the Ubuntu repositories icedtea7-plugin package, only the icedtea6-plugin.

     – Marco FX Nov 26 '11 at 00:48
  • If you open firefox and type about:plugins on the address bar icedtea is not listed as the java plugin? – Bruno Pereira Nov 26 '11 at 00:55
  • Yes, it is listed. Visually it seems that the java plugin running but in version 6. I wish use the version icedtea7. In the Oracle Web site test says I have java 6.23. What to do? – Marco FX Nov 26 '11 at 01:53
  • I only have openjdk7 installed and the oracle site tells me the same, I would say do not worry about it. – Bruno Pereira Nov 26 '11 at 02:07
  • your java -version tells your that you are using the version you want, icedtea is running fine, only oracle is reporting it wrong I would say. – Bruno Pereira Nov 26 '11 at 02:11
  • Thanks. In another test the same information appeared in the browser. I just hope that the browser is actually using the correct version of openjdk7. I think it is helpful to better performance and access to Internet banking. – Marco FX Nov 26 '11 at 04:02
  • I have only openjdk7 installed and when trying to install icedtea-plugin, apt is installing the whole openjdk-6-jre. So that’s unfortunately not the solution! – rumpel Feb 19 '12 at 18:39
  • sudo apt-get install icedtea-7-plugin – Natim Mar 22 '13 at 11:10
  • This command has changed over time, however One Zero's answer will always install correctly, and is a more visual method, which I think is best for the audience of this site. – Greg Aug 29 '13 at 11:52
  • You know, it would have taken you less time to fix this answer than the time it took to comment and down-vote. – Bruno Pereira Aug 29 '13 at 13:25
  • @Greq There, fixed. No more issues with the command for a very long time. Also I do not like it because it is command line and this site values more graphical answers is simply bs. No offense. – Bruno Pereira Aug 29 '13 at 13:26
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Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo apt-get install icedtea-7-plugin
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  • This solves my problem. It was similar to topic starter's one, but I was to switch java alternatives and it had failed because of missing alternative for that icedtea plugin. Thanks! – ASten Feb 03 '15 at 23:31
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Till the OpenJDK-7 IcedTea plugin gets released, you can use the following workaround:

http://r-interface.blogspot.in/2012/05/java-openjdk-install-errors-in-ubuntu.html

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