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2015-12-06 23:52 GMT+01:00 Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>:

> > But my Java version is 7. Is something ​going wrong here?
>
> The default runtime is still Java 7. You can switch to Java 8 by using
> update-java-alternatives. For example:
>
>     sudo update-java-alternatives --set java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64
>

​Works like a charm.​




> > ​But for Java 8 I need to install unstable packages I understood. Or am
> > I mistaken?​
>
> openjdk-8 as found in unstable has been rebuilt for Jessie and is
> available from the jessie-backports repository. This backport is
> perfectly suitable for a stable environment.
>

​That worked also.​



> > ​That explains it: the Debian distribution of Java is different as the
> > Oracle one.
>
> Indeed, Oracle bundles several things that you'll find in separate
> packages in Debian (openjdk-<n>-jdk, visualvm, openjfx, icedtea-web)
>

​I installed also the openjdk. Now I can start writing JavaFX applications.

-- 
Cecil Westerhof

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