Re: Newbie question about installing Java plugin for Mozilla

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Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 17:16:44 -0600

Ed LaBonte wrote:
> I am as green a newbie as you can imagine. I installed Red Hat 9 on my
> desktop computer last week. I used the installation discs that came with
> Red Hat Linux 0 for dummies. In the book they explain how to install the
> plugin for Macromedia Flash for the Mozilla browser in a step by step
> manner. Great! I got it done and its there. I also understood the basic
> concept that .so files go in the /usr/lib/Mozilla*/plugins directory. I
> love it when a can grasp a basic concept. Next they list the URLs for
> other common plugins, like Sun Java, Real Player, etc. So I go the the Sun
> Java URL and download the installation file:
> "jre-1_4_1_06-linux-i568-rpm.bin". On the web site it describes the file
> as a "self extracting file". I cannot find a single faq or How-to file on
> how to install the goddamned thing. I can't find an application to extract
> the "self-extracting" file and it doesn't seem to want to self extract.
> And what's more I just had a viscious fight with my wife because she
> interupted me when I was fighting with this *^()%(_X thing...
> Can someone help save my marriage by walking me through this.
> Thanks
GO to
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2003-November/msg00856.html for
complete instructions.
Good Luck

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