Run Java Applets on Ubuntu 20.04 with Java 8

Recently I came across a request to run Java Applet on Ubuntu 20.04. Java Applet is an old technology currently not supported by latest version of JDK, JRE and Eclipse.

There are two standard types of installation available are JDK and JRE. JDK (Java Development Kit) provides the ability to develop a new Java application, which includes Java compiler. JRE (Java Runtime Environment) provides the runtime environment for any Java application with applets. The Java developers required to install JDK and JRE both on their system to create new Java…