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This is a SlackBuild that will repackage Oracle Java into a package that
can be easily installed, upgraded, or removed using Slackware's native
package management tools.

This will also package JRE so you will not need a separate JRE build.

The mozilla plugin is no longer activated by default.

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* YOU MUST AGREE TO ORACLE'S DOWNLOAD AGREEMENT AND REGISTER AN ACCOUNT *
* WITH ORACLE BEFORE YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE JDK BINARY PACKAGE FROM THEM. *
* THIS MEANS THAT YOU HAVE TO USE SOME SORT OF WEB BROWSER, E.G.        *
* FIREFOX, TO DOWNLOAD IT.  LINKS, WGET, ET AL WILL NOT WORK.           *
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