Re: Java installation secret?

[John Haxby <jch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Grab Java 1.4.2 from Sun -- it's just been released (well, within the 
last week or so).   Get the RPM and install that rather than any other 
form.   Then

   ln -s  \
     
../../../java/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so \
     /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/lib

Note the "ns610-gcc32" directory.   There's another directory for 
non-gcc 3.2.2.   I'm currently running Mozilla 1.4-11 from Rawhide, but 
I believe that this will also work with the standard 1.2.1 (I ran 1.4.2 
beta with 1.2.1).   1.4.2 is significantly faster than 1.4.1 as well.

jch

Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:

> Is there some last manual step needed to make Java work with Mozilla? I
> have Sun's j2sdk1-4.1_03-fcs and the latest mozilla-1.4-11 from rawhide
> installed, but whenever I encounter a Java applet on a web site I get a
> "Default Plugin" advisory window that says:
>
> "This page contains information of a type (application/x-java-vm) that
> can only be viewed with theappropriate Plug-in."
>
> What's the secret to getting Java to work with Mozilla?
>
> --Doc Savage
>  Fairview Heights, IL
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