JRE for x86_64

[hyclak at math.ohiou.edu (Matt Hyclak)]

On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 04:39:23PM -0500, Sam Drinkard enlightened us:
> I figured something was up, as after installing and creating the 
> symbolic link, when I tried to access a page that requires the 
> javascript, the browser vanishes entirely.. not even a momentary pause 
> or error message.. just quits like you'd hit the X button! 
> 
> Any other way to get java support into firefox short of building the 
> thing which I really don't want to do ?

AFAIK there is no 64-bit plugin. The current recommended solution is to
remove the 64-bit version of firefox, and install the 32-bit version. You'll
have to do it by hand, because the 32-bit version isn't included in the
x86_64 repository.

Matt

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