to remain on jdk8 and use javafx your only option ...
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kevinherron
10/10/2018, 5:50 PMto remain on jdk8 and use javafx your only option is oracle
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Ruckus
10/10/2018, 6:16 PMYou can install OpenJFX 8 independently. You do not need to use Oracle JDK to use JavaFX in JDK 8.
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kevinherron
10/10/2018, 6:51 PMsure, technically, you can do that
kevinherron
10/10/2018, 6:51 PMbut it’s not a realistic option for anybody distributing an application
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mikehearn
10/10/2018, 6:52 PMsure it is
mikehearn
10/10/2018, 6:52 PMif you use javapackager it's bundled
mikehearn
10/10/2018, 6:52 PMi've done it a bunch of times
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kevinherron
10/10/2018, 7:40 PMhmm. interesting. i can’t even find a download for openjfx 8.
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Ruckus
10/10/2018, 7:42 PMI've only ever done it through a package manager, so I'm not sure how to help you there 🙂
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kevinherron
10/10/2018, 7:42 PMyeah that’s the only place i’ve seen openjfx 8 available
kevinherron
10/10/2018, 7:42 PMever
kevinherron
10/10/2018, 7:42 PMeverything else is instructions to build it yoursel
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ValV
10/11/2018, 9:18 AMAgree, that it does not seem to be an option to build and distribute additional 78 MiB of OpenJFX (78 MiB for Linux / we have separate java-openjfx package in Arch)
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