>OK folks. Here is what I did to get the R java search applet working. > >Note that this is on 32 bit F8, not 64 bit. Make any appropriate >adjustments as required. > >1. Remove Iced Tea > > sudo yum remove java-1.7.0-icedtea-* > > >2. Go to the java.sun.com web site and secure the appropriate JRE >download. In my case, it was: > > jre-6u3-linux-i586-rpm.bin > > >3. Set the above to be executable: > > chmod +x jre-6u3-linux-i586-rpm.bin > > >4. Run and install the above as root: > > sudo ./jre-6u3-linux-i586-rpm.bin > > >5. Create the symlink to the JRE plugin: > > cd ~/.mozilla/plugins > ln -s /usr/java/jre1.6.0_03/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so > > >6. Be sure that you have no Firefox sessions open. If you do, close them all. > > >7. In R, type > > help.start() > > >8. In the new Firefox session, click on the "Search Engine & Keywords" link > > >9. Pay attention to the lower left hand corner of the Firefox status >line. If all went well, you should see: > > Applet SearchEngine started > >indicating that all should be well. Just to check, enter a keyword >(eg. 'plot') and hit the search button. > >HTH. It is working for me here. > >Cheers, > >Marc Schwartz I have a couple of questions; Do you have compat-libstdc++-33 installed? Did you do the Xinerama fix? Why did you take out iced-tea? Thanks very much, -- Knute Johnson Molon Labe... -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
