Re: Help with java in firefox

From: Jim Lynch (jwl_at_sgi.com)
Date: 09/30/04

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To: Andrea Vettorello <andrea.vettorello@gmail.com>

    Andrea Vettorello wrote:

    >On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:56:55 -0400, Jim Lynch <jwl@sgi.com> wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Same thing with testing. I installed the plugin three different ways
    >>and firefox still doesn't know about them.
    >>1. I clicked on the window that said "to install plugin click here" or
    >>words to that effect. That put the .so file in /usr/local/xxx somewhere
    >>I believe.
    >>2. I got the jre14 from Sun as the plugin faq suggested and followed the
    >>faq instructions. I put the .so file in the "system" location per the
    >>instructions.
    >>3. I copied the .so file into my ~/.mozilla/plugins directory
    >>
    >>None of those methods did a thing.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >
    >You probably need to copy/link the libjavaplugin_oji.so in
    >/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/, to do this in a clean way i suggest
    >you to install the "java-package" and use it to build a Debian package
    >from the SUN SDK or JRE tarball...
    >
    >
    >Andrea\
    >

    I probably didn't make myself clear, since I did it at home and I'm

    posting from work. That's the file I was pushing around to the
    different places. I'm pretty sure it's in the right place from the
    instructions in the FAQ, but I'll confirm that tonight.

    Thanks,

    Jim. 

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