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2021-02-18
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danielneal16:02:04

Hey, I'm using the adoptopenjdk8 but I'd like to use reveal, does anyone know if there's a way I can get javafx?

andy.fingerhut16:02:35

I haven't done this with reveal, but I recall that some Zulu OpenJDK releases from Azul might JavaFX, at least enough to run Cognitect's REBL, and perhaps those help with Reveal, too.

andy.fingerhut16:02:25

e.g. on this page if you scroll down a bit, there are popup menus for JDK version, Operating system, and "Java Package". Under "Java Package" if you pick "JDK FX" then it should show you what they provide there.

imre16:02:16

I tried a few java8 builds including zulu but no success

danielneal17:02:23

what problem did you get?

imre17:02:39

can't remember exactly but some required classes couldn't be loaded or something along those lines

imre17:02:49

I didn't spend too much time trying to figure it out

imre17:02:08

but if you find a solution I'd be interested

seancorfield17:02:19

There are two different Zulu JDKs: one with JavaFX bundled and one without. For Reveal you need to use the one with JavaFX bundled. I ran REBL for ages using the Zulu JDK with JFX and it should be the same with Reveal.

seancorfield17:02:57

Ah, I see Andy already told you that in the main discussion on the channel.

imre10:02:40

AFAIR I tried zulu with javafx but I might give it another go

imre10:02:45

Sean do you know a more convenient way of installing zulu/fx (on a mac) than downloading the installer?

danielneal12:02:57

I tried the zulu jdk with jfx and it worked for me (on mac catalina)

imre13:02:49

Nice. I'll give it another go sometime

seancorfield15:02:50

It never occurred to me to look for an alternative to just downloading it and installing it...

imre16:02:40

I suppose I'm a bit spoiled by brew install adoptopenjdk11

danielneal17:02:13

Thanks @andy.fingerhut I'll give that a go