Java plugin choices for ubuntu 8.10

[Chris Mohler]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 8:26 PM, David Fox <dfox94085 at gmail.com> wrote:
> hello list
>
> I have been running ubuntu for a while and I'm a bit confused on all
> the different choices for getting java to work in a browser such as
> firefox. I thought i had it working, but in going to an automated
> testing site just now that requires java plugin, it tells me that it
> is trying to load the applet, and that the applet fails to initialize.
> I thought I had this working.
>
> If I go to the java.com test page, I see the moving icon so I guess it
> is working, but still I am stymied.

Check "about"plugins" in FF's address bar.  I recently came across a
system that had both icedtea and sun java installed - the icedtea
plugin loaded, but not the sun plugin.  Removed icedtea and everything
was working.

I'd remove these:
i   icedtea-java7-plugin            - Java plugin based on IcedTea and gcjwebplu
i   java-gcj-compat                 - Java runtime environment using GIJ
i A java-gcj-compat-headless        - Java runtime environment using GIJ (headle


And possibly this, but not sure:
i   openoffice.org-java-common      - OpenOffice.org office suite Java support a

FWIW, here's the output from the same command on my Intrepid install:
i A java-common                     - Base of all Java packages
i   ooobasis3.0-javafilter          - Java filter module for OpenOffice.org 3.0
i A sun-java6-bin                   - Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (
i A sun-java6-jre                   - Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (
i   sun-java6-plugin                - The Java(TM) Plug-in, Java SE 6

HTH,
Chris