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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "icedtea-plugin" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install icedtea-plugin on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "icedtea-plugin" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall icedtea-plugin on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: icedtea-plugin
Priority: extra
Section: universe/web
Installed-Size: 19
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: OpenJDK Team
Architecture: all
Source: icedtea-web
Version: 1.6.2-3ubuntu1
Depends: icedtea-8-plugin
Filename: pool/universe/i/icedtea-web/icedtea-plugin_1.6.2-3ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 3690
MD5sum: 2400b26cfe25f3edf9094cd9fd64d485
SHA1: 9fd4880c260794a3c2f0247d254730e96f4723a4
SHA256: 38c357354204ef02d900d97b181fa69fcea2d59bf3084ea5b79cd3832f32665b
Description-en: web browser plugin to execute Java applets (dependency package)
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.
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This is a dependency package, it can be safely removed after upgrade.
Description-md5: 6da6e3fbb572567cdab3a35a85e93560
Homepage: http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/IcedTea-Web
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m