[Nottingham] Looking for live help (in person/screensharing) - struggling to run openjfx

[Mateusz Lawrynowicz]

Hello,

I thought I'd just share that I did get javafx going, albeit only after:
- a three month break to get over the disappointment,
- giving up on openjfx and using the very controversial Oracle JDK.
Effectively it's a workaround, not a solution - but then isn't linux
massively about workarounds?

Thank you to Martin for following up in a direct message.

For anyone bored interested in further reading, this is a good starting
point
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56166267/how-do-i-get-java-fx-running-with-openjdk-8-on-ubuntu-18-04-2-lts

Night

Mateusz


On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 at 17:35, Martin via Nottingham <
nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> Mateusz,
>
> Welcome to the group!
>
>
> The javafx looks a bit specialised.
>
> There's lots expertise in our group and I've done various trickery to
> get various systems working running on a jvm...
>
> *Any takers onlist* ??
>
>
> If you can demonstrate on a laptop, you're very welcome to come to our
> meetings for some debug and exploration. Our next meet is a 'social' at
> Langtry's pub, eating at Wagamama, on Thursday 13/02/2020.
>
> (Note to self, must update the website sometime...)
>
> Our next 'talk' evening is at The Kilpin on Thursday 27/02/2020 where we
> have a quiet area with a big screen monitor. Those evenings are very
> much also fix-it/demo evenings.
>
>
> Hopefully you're not suffering a show-stopper with this?
>
> Welcome to the group,
>
>
> Best wishes,
> Martin
>
>
>
> On 05/02/2020 22:08, Mateusz Lawrynowicz via Nottingham wrote:
> > Hello LUG,
> >
> > Would anyone consider giving me a bit of live help, in person or via
> > screensharing?
> >
> > I've been using linux on and off for around 15 years for general desktop
> > purposes, but I'm currently trying to make the next step and get into
> > java. It's been going ok until I decided to move onto GUI with javafx.
> > I've been trying to get openjfx going for two weeks now, and still no
> > luck! There are always more forum threads I could read etc, but I can't
> > help the impression it's something totally basic I'm missing. This is
> > why I thought I'd just see if anyone's prepared to cast their eye on it.
> >
> > Meeting in person might be the most efficient, but I'm also happy to try
> > with screensharing, using skype or a phone to talk. If we were to meet
> > in person, I will naturally travel to meet the helper at a time and
> > place convenient to them. A midweek evening would probably be best for
> > me (once my daughters are in bed).
> >
> > Anyone? I'm on xubuntu with eclipse but more than happy to switch IDE
> > if needed, would prefer to stick with openjfx as opposed to oracle but
> > it's not a red line either.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Mateusz
> >
>
>
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