On Sun, 2003-12-14 at 18:28, Dave Krick wrote: > I am fairly new to Linux, and I can't seem to get Java to work. I've > downloaded the plugin and followed the registration instructions, all to > no avail. I've checked that my preferences have it enabled and I've > gone in as root to a web site that I know uses it and, when prompted if > I want to download it, I've said yes and, after doing it's thing, it > tells me that it was downloaded and installed okay. I'll restart > Mozilla and it still won't recognize Java. > > I'm running Fedora Core 1 and Mozilla 1.6. I had the same situation > with Mozilla 1.5 and 1.4. I have Fedora updated to the latest status. > > I would really appreciate it if anyone has any suggestions for me. If > you do, please be detailed in any command line instructions. Dave, Here's a micro-howto I use. It includes instructions for either J2 Runtime Edition or J2 System Developer's Kit. Pick one. Download latest J2RE or J2SDK from http://java.sun.com 1. $ chmod +x j2re-1_4_2_02-linux-i586-rpm.bin $ chmod +x j2sdk-1_4_2_02-linux-i586-rpm.bin 2. $ ./j2re-1_4_2_02-linux-i586-rpm.bin $ ./j2sdk-1_4_2_02-linux-i586-rpm.bin 3. $ su - Password: ******** 4. # rpm -ivh j2re-1_4_2_02-linux.i586.rpm # rpm -ivh j2sdk-1_4_2_02-linux.i586.rpm 5. # cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins 6. # ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_02/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so # ln -s /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_02/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so 7. # ls -l total NNNN ... lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 72 Dec 2 06:46 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_02/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so ... That's it. --Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL
