On Nov 9, 2007 12:57 PM, Mike A. Harris <mharris@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mike Chambers wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 11:44 +0100, Valent Turkovic wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I installed java plugin via 'yum install java-plugin' and firefox > >> still complains that plugin is not installed... > >> I'm running 32bit fedora (I saw previous mails regarding F7 on 64bit). > > > > Just install the java-icedtea-plugin (just look for icedtea) from Fedora > > and it will work just fine. > > > > Otherwise, maybe you need to create a link to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins > > as well? > > I'm running F8/x86_64 and haven't manually installed any Java stuff yet, > just whatever might have been installed by anaconda by default. Up > until now I hadn't visited any web pages with Java on them. > > A lot of people have been having problems with Java it seems, and so I > decided to try to get it to work myself. I google searched for a "Java > test", went to the Sun page, and it just worked automatically already, > presumeably with iced-tea, which I assume was installed for me already > by anaconda. I went to a variety of other Java websites to test it out > and have had no problems at all so far. All Java sites work in firefox > for me automatically. > > As mentioned above, I haven't had to install anything, configure > anything, or do anything manual for this to work, it just works out of > the box on x86_64, at least for me. > > I can only assume that the people having the problems either: > > 1) Are coming from an upgrade of a previous OS release > or > 2) Have Sun, IBM, or some other Java installed already, or are trying to > install some other Java > 3) Have upgraded and didn't get iced-tea by default perhaps. > > Anyhow, worst case scenario -> do a fresh OS install and Java seems to > work in firefox right out of the box. ;o) > > > > -- > Mike A. Harris > > Come and join us on the #fedora8 IRC help forum on irc.freenode.net > > Just an update; I installed a fresh Fedora 8 from Gnome Live CD and by default java doesn't work. I have installed latest updates and I will now install java-plugin and test it again and give you feedback. -- http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/ linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
