Why is JavaFX is not included in OpenJDK 8 on Ubuntu Wily (15.10)?

Question

I've downloaded OpenJDK 8 today via sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk and it seems like JavaFX is not included in it.

> java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_66-internal"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_66-internal-b17)
OpenJDK Server VM (build 25.66-b17, mixed mode)

I've installed E(fx)clipse in latest Eclipse (Eclipse Mars) too, but I'm still getting message javafx couldn't be resolved.

Answer 1

According to the packages list in Ubuntu Wily Xenial Bionic there is a package named openjfx. This should be a candidate for what you're looking for:

JavaFX/OpenJFX 8 - Rich client application platform for Java

You can install it via:

sudo apt-get install openjfx

It provides the following JAR files to the OpenJDK installation on Ubuntu systems:

/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/ext/jfxrt.jar
/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/jfxswt.jar
/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/lib/ant-javafx.jar
/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/lib/javafx-mx.jar

If you want to have sources available, for example for debugging, you can additionally install:

sudo apt-get install openjfx-source