How To Install icedtea-8-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icedtea-8-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is icedtea-8-plugin
icedtea-8-plugin is:
IcedTeaPlugin is a web browser plugin to execute Java applets, supporting LiveConnect/JavaScript. It is targeted for xulrunner-1.9 and compatible browsers that support the NPAPI.
WARNING: This is an empty package; the NPAPI support was removed in recent firefox and chromium browsers.
There are three methods to install icedtea-8-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-8-plugin 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-8-plugin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install icedtea-8-plugin
Install icedtea-8-plugin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install icedtea-8-plugin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install icedtea-8-plugin
Install icedtea-8-plugin 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install icedtea-8-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install icedtea-8-plugin
How To Uninstall icedtea-8-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the icedtea-8-plugin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove icedtea-8-plugin
Uninstall icedtea-8-plugin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall icedtea-8-plugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove icedtea-8-plugin
Remove icedtea-8-plugin Configurations and Data
To remove icedtea-8-plugin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge icedtea-8-plugin
Remove icedtea-8-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove icedtea-8-plugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icedtea-8-plugin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icedtea-8-plugin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
