Bug 17672 - has no Java plugin for Firefox
Summary: has no Java plugin for Firefox
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: ALT Linux Lite
Classification: Distributions
Component: packages (show other bugs)
Version: 4.0.2
Hardware: all Linux
: P2 critical
Assignee: Anton V. Boyarshinov
QA Contact: Andrey Cherepanov
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Blocks: 17673
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Reported: 2008-10-24 18:52 MSD by Ivan Zakharyaschev
Modified: 2008-10-24 19:00 MSD (History)
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Description Ivan Zakharyaschev 2008-10-24 18:52:59 MSD
Lite 4.0.3 doesn't install a Java plugin for its browser: 

$ rpm -qa '*java*'
fonts-ttf-java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.03-alt1
java-common-1.3.6-alt4
java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.03-alt1
$ rpm -qa '*jre*'
$ 

But Java applets are quite popular and useful. 

It's even more a pity because there are free working Java runtimes available (unlike, say, Flash, which is also popular; on some sites, Java applets may be an alternative to Flash, but Lite users are still unable to play them).

Example: in Lite 4.0.3, I can't watch http://www.gnu.org/fry/ , although they have provided a free Java applet ("Cortado") to play the video for those who don't have a special player installed -- http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/OggOnTheRise .
Comment 1 Ivan Zakharyaschev 2008-10-24 19:00:59 MSD
(In reply to comment #0)

> Example: in Lite 4.0.3, I can't watch http://www.gnu.org/fry/ , although they have provided a free Java applet ("Cortado") to play the
> video for those who don't have a special player installed -- http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/OggOnTheRise .
> 

https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17673