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[TheAsterisk!]

UPDATED to 1.7u9 and 1.6u37

Both *.sfs and *.pet packages are available.

[stiginge]

Hi asterisk

I'm currently attempting to install jre-1.6u37-i586.pet, however after downloading successfully I keep getting an error message : error, "jre... failed to install".

I am running puppy 529 cd-install.

[stiginge]

This is the site I am trying to view and :


https://www.ros.ie/ROSCheckerServlet/start

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and I get a dropdown message telling me that 'additional plugins are required - install missing plugins...'

edit: Seems to be ok today on bootup, so no further issues here.

[scsijon]

TA, is someone following the link at the bottom up?

I know it's a Mageia message but it relates to Java 7 plugins.

Maybe we should not be using 7 until fixed.

regards
scsijon

Message: 1
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:52:27 +0000 (UTC)
From: David Walser <luigiwalser@yahoo.com>
To: mageia-dev@mageia.org
Subject: [Mageia-dev] Actively exploited Java 7 zero day
Message-ID: <loom.20130111T195034-110@post.gmane.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

If you're using Cauldron as a workstation and have the Java plugin (icedtea-web
or Sun Java) enabled in your browser, be aware there's a zero-day vulnerability
being actively exploited, and you should disable the plugin for general usage
until we have a fix.

If you're using icedtea-web on Mageia 2 you're not affected, as that uses Java 6
which is not known to be vulnerable.

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/01/critical-java-zero-day-bug-is-being-massively-exploited-in-the-wild/
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Dangerous-vulnerability-in-latest-Java-version-1781156.html

[Sky Aisling]

Hi Folks,
Wow! I'm confused (more than usual).
I've installed Lucid-Puppy-528.005 on a Gateway-400 laptop circa 2002.
Puppy-528.005 is running beautifully, no major issues.
I've installed the latest Firefox v18.01.
Mozilla tells me this Firefox is up-to-date.
However, when I attempt to access video content such as YouTube, Mozilla tells me it's disabled Java plugin because of security reasons.
I am directed to download another Java plugin.
(See screenshot below.)
I have three questions;
Do I use Java's download?
or
Do I use the .pet offered in this thread?

If I do take the Java download then which of the options do I take?

Thank you in advance for any clarity you can offer.
Edit: I realize there is Java App 7 and Java script two different things. But, which is which in this case?

[jpeps]

Right, the Java plugin isn't supported in Firefox for security reasons...but I don't know why you need it for YouTube videos (which use Flash). I posted a working SFS for the JRE binaries here:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=83337

You shouldn't need anything for Javascript.

[Sky Aisling]

[jpeps]

[TheAsterisk!]

JRE updated to 7u10 and 6u38

7u11 is on its way, either tonight or early tomorrow. I'll update when it's up.

In the meantime...

Yes, Firefox is flaggin 7u10 as being out of date and potentially insecure, since 7u11 is available. As I mentioned above, that'll get updated here, too, very shortly.

Otherwise, regarding weird errors with JRE-7, I've had those too, though I honestly don't know if it's JRE-7 itself or older Java apps meant to work with v6 that just haven't been tested with or updated for v7. (JDownloader, for instance, won't work quite right with JRE-7, but works under JRE-6. Those sorts of things are why I'm still keeping the v6 series as up to date as I can with what time I have.) If in doubt, use the latest v6 instead- it's a smaller package, too, and most things will work with it just as well if not better than with v7.

Stay tuned...

@Sky Aisling: as jpeps says above, "Java" and "Javasript" aren't actually related to one another. (Why their names are similar is a bit of computer history trivia, and not much else.) The state of your JRE plugin shouldn't have any bearing at all, one way or another, on javascript functionality in your web browser.

[TheAsterisk!]

UPDATED to version 7u11

Version 6u38 still available.

[TheAsterisk!]

UPDATED to versions 6u39 and 7u13.

[darkcity]

Thanks for packaging JaveRE. I think yours is the most up to date now.

Anyhow added to wiki
http://www.puppylinux.org/wikka/JavaRuntimeEnvironment

[jpeps]

[Pelo]

Merci beaucoup to people like you who make benefit others of their works.
Have a nice day.
Pelo

[darkcity]