Re: Success
From: Alan Sanderson (sanderal2_at_NO_SPAM_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/01/05
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Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 14:43:00 +1100
avi-j@pacbell.net wrote:
> Here's what I finally did, after about 13 hours of tinkering, and it
> worked:
>
> http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/faqs/java.html
>
> ---quote---
> Mozilla 1.4 and later, and Mozilla Firefox, are compiled with gcc 3.x.
> A gcc 3.x compatible version of the Java plugin must be used. JRE 1.4.2
> and later contain a compatible plugin.
>
> If you installed the JRE 5.0 RPM, this plugin is
> /usr/java/j2re1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so - and to
> install it for Mozilla (including Mozilla Firefox), do the following:
>
> Open a terminal
> Change to your Mozilla (or Mozilla Firefox) plugins directory
> Issue the following command: ln -s
> /usr/java/j2re1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> If you install your JRE in a different way (self extracting package,
> debian package, etc), libjavaplugin_oji.so will quite likely be in a
> different location. Do not just blindly use the command listed above!
>
> In JRE 1.4.2, this file was in plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32
> ---unquote---
>
> JRE 1.4.2 did not work for me. JRE RPM 5.0 update 1 did. Also, I had
> been simlinking the 5.0 version to the old path for
> libjavaplugin_oji.so. The above instructions worked for me perfectly.
I've had both work with Firefox. The important part is making sure that
you create a symbolic link to the correct libjavaplugin_oji.so file. On
my system I create this symbolic link in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins, so
that way I don't have to recreate it if I install an never version of
Firefox or Mozilla.
Alan
> avi-j@pacbell.net wrote:
>
>>OK, this one has me stumped. I have tried in vain to install a
>
> working
>
>>J2RE plugin for Firefox under Fedora FC3 Linux. I have tried:
>>
>>-The Blackdown version
>>-The IBM version
>>-The Sun Version 1.4.2_03, 1.4.2_06, and 1.5 as JRE
>>-The Sun Version as JDK
>>
>>I make the .bin executable, unpack the RPM, run the RPM, create the
>>simlink in the Firefox plugins folder, create the java.sh, and when I
>>do about:plugins in Firefox, I can see all the java plugins. But when
>
> I
>
>>access a site with an Applet, Firefox implodes. This happens when I
>
> do
>
>>the same thing for the Mozilla browser.
>>
>>I've googled this thing backwards and forwards, checked all the Linux
>>forums, and there are a lot of people with the same problem. None of
>>the solutions offered have worked for me.
>>
>>Suggestions?
>>
>>THANKS!
>>
>>Oh, and if this is more suitable to another group (or if my crosspost
>>is blatantly inappropriate), please let me know!
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