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

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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

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