Installing javaws on Ubuntu 18.04

My jvm installation apparently does not contain javaws.

sudo update-alternatives --get-selections | grep ^java java manual /usr/lib/jvm/java-12-oracle/bin/java javac manual /usr/lib/jvm/java-12-oracle/bin/javac javadoc manual /usr/lib/jvm/java-12-oracle/bin/javadoc javap manual /usr/lib/jvm/java-12-oracle/bin/javap

I have used both the ppa and a direct install from oracle here:

and

I need javaws to launch a jnlp file.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

(NOTE: I tried v11 and v8 ppa appears unavailable due to new licensing.)

1 Answer

javaws is included in the package icedtea-netx.

sudo apt install icedtea-netx

From here.