Java for use in Firefox and Open Office - which packages to download?

[David McGlone]

On Saturday 06 December 2008 5:39:56 pm Steven Vollom wrote:
> Sundar Nagarajan wrote:
> > If you are on a 64-bit platform, you'll need openjdk, which has a 64-bit
> > Java applet plugin (note that a regular Java JVM / JRE is different from
> > a browser plugin). The following are the java-related packages that I
> > have installed for this purpose:
> >
> >
> > java-common
> > libaccess-bridge-java
> > openjdk-6-jre
> > openjdk-6-jre-headless
> > openjdk-6-jre-lib
> > tzdata-java
>
> To clarify, these will install 64 bit java?  I have a new 64 bit
> computer soon to install.

There is no Flash for 64 bit though, thats why I run 32 bit on both my 64 bit 
computers.

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David M.
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