Information about the package, icedtea-web, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The icedtea-web package is designed for, Additional Java components for OpenJDK - Java browser plug-in and.
Package Name:
icedtea-web
Summary:
Additional Java components for OpenJDK - Java browser plug-in and
Description:
The IcedTea-Web project provides a Java web browser plugin, an implementation of Java Web Start (originally based on the Netx project) and a settings tool to manage deployment settings for the aforementioned plugin and Web Start implementations.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.6.2
Release:
1.el6
Size:
1.6 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+ and GPLv2 with exceptions
Control the icedtea-web package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install icedtea-web
This command will install icedtea-web on the server.
yum remove icedtea-web
This command will un-install icedtea-web on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove icedtea-web, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove icedtea-web
This command will un-install icedtea-web on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove icedtea-web when using the -y flag.
yum update icedtea-web
This command will update icedtea-web to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove icedtea-web, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update icedtea-web
This command will update icedtea-web to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove icedtea-web when using the -y flag.
yum info icedtea-web
This command will show you core information about the icedtea-web package.
yum deplist icedtea-web
This command will show you the dependencies for icedtea-web. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update icedtea-web
This command will check if there is an update waiting on icedtea-web. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.