Migrating OracleJDK Java Web Start to OpenJDK 8 Iced-Tea Web

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Environment

  • OpenJDK 8 / 11
  • OracleJDK 8 / 11
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    • 7.x
  • Microsoft Windows

Issue

  • Java Web Start is being deprecated in JDK 9. How to migrate to OpenJDK 8 Iced-Tea Web?
  • Where to find the exact version IcedTea on OpenJDK 8?
  • Where is Iced-Tea Web for OpenJDK 11?

Resolution

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IcedTea-web provides a free-software Java Web browser plugin, replacing Java Web Start. The migration from Java Web Start to Iced-Tea Web is straight forward since IcedTea-web is developed to operates similar to Java Web Start.

The projects, Iced-Tea and IcedTea-Web were separated, so IcedTea-Web provides the plugin and Web Start support. The exact version of Iced-Tea on OpenJDK 8 should be on the Content from icedtea.classpath.org is not included.IcedTea wiki page, currently OpenJDK 1.8.252 has the IcedTea 3.16.0.

IcedTea-web is currently supported on RHEL with OpenJDK 7 and OpenJDK 8, as well as Windows with OpenJDK 8. However, following Oracle's path, IcedTea-Web is being deprecated on OpenJDK 11.

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