How to Install and Uninstall icedtea-netx Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "icedtea-netx" package

Learn how to install icedtea-netx on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                icedtea-netx
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "icedtea-netx" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall icedtea-netx on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the icedtea-netx package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: icedtea-netx
Priority: extra
Section: universe/java
Installed-Size: 76
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: OpenJDK Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: icedtea-web
Version: 1.6.2-3ubuntu1
Replaces: openjdk-6-jre (<< 6b18-1.8.7-3), openjdk-6-jre-headless (<< 6b18-1.8.7-3)
Depends: openjdk-8-jre, icedtea-netx-common (>= 1.6.2-3ubuntu1)
Conflicts: openjdk-6-jre (<< 6b18-1.8.7-3), openjdk-6-jre-headless (<< 6b18-1.8.7-3)
Filename: pool/universe/i/icedtea-web/icedtea-netx_1.6.2-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 26942
MD5sum: 86b56c021e0251df110d0bcd51c98a7e
SHA1: b3a6fb50f908020ab691df726b500ba300af0ae8
SHA256: f09527a86585865df6c78a0bd4da2b865dd721a036e611e2e096b87a4b1474d3
Description-en: NetX - implementation of the Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP)
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.
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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.
Description-md5: 052037f44a864c63fefe21804d48141f
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/IcedTea-Web
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m