How To Install icedtea-netx on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icedtea-netx on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is icedtea-netx
icedtea-netx 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.
IcedTea’s NetX currently supports verification of signed jars, trusted certificate storing, system certificate store checking, and provides the services specified by the jnlp API.
There are three methods to install icedtea-netx 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-netx 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install icedtea-netx
Install icedtea-netx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install icedtea-netx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install icedtea-netx
Install icedtea-netx 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-netx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install icedtea-netx
How To Uninstall icedtea-netx on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the icedtea-netx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove icedtea-netx
Uninstall icedtea-netx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall icedtea-netx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove icedtea-netx
Remove icedtea-netx Configurations and Data
To remove icedtea-netx configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge icedtea-netx
Remove icedtea-netx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove icedtea-netx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icedtea-netx
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icedtea-netx package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
