How To Install icedtea-netx-common on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install icedtea-netx-common on Debian 9. icedtea-netx-common is NetX - implementation of the Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install icedtea-netx-common on Debian 9.

What is icedtea-netx-common

icedtea-netx-common is:

NetX provides a drop-in replacement for javaws (Java Web Start). Since upstream NetX is dormant, IcedTea is hosting and modifying the sources in the IcedTea-Web directory.

This package contains the architecture independent files.

There are three methods to install icedtea-netx-common on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install icedtea-netx-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install icedtea-netx-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install icedtea-netx-common

Install icedtea-netx-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install icedtea-netx-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install icedtea-netx-common

Install icedtea-netx-common Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install icedtea-netx-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install icedtea-netx-common

How To Uninstall icedtea-netx-common on Debian 9

To uninstall only the icedtea-netx-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove icedtea-netx-common

Uninstall icedtea-netx-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall icedtea-netx-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove icedtea-netx-common

Remove icedtea-netx-common Configurations and Data

To remove icedtea-netx-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge icedtea-netx-common

Remove icedtea-netx-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove icedtea-netx-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icedtea-netx-common

Dependencies

icedtea-netx-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install icedtea-netx-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.