On Sat, 10 Jan 2004, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 23:49, Krikket wrote: > > On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Jeremy Hogan wrote: > > > On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 12:43, WA9ALS - John wrote: > > > > I've installed the Sun java rpm - What further do I need to do to get it > > > > actually going with Mozilla? I've done this successfully before, but > > > > this time I'm missing something. Thanks - John > > > > > > ln -s /path/to/java/javaplugin_oji.so > > > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/javaplugin_oji.so > > > > > > or for just one user > > > > > > ln -s plugin /home/user/.mozilla/plugins/javaplugin_oji.so > > > > I'm also having difficulties, and I did that. Copied and pasted from the > > website, to insure there were no typos. > > > > Mozilla still doesn't want to recognize it. > > > > Also is Jave for the browser the same thing as the Java VM (Virtual > > Machine)? > > > > (I have another program that requires the Java VM to run, but it's not > > recognizing Java either. Freshly downloaded from the sun website, so that > > shouldn't be a problem -- unless a bug has crept into the code they're > > distributing...) > > I'll post my attached tiny howto again. I don't think it came through... Would you please resend it? > Regarding Java for the browser... maybe yes and maybe no. It depends on > whether or not you actually meant to ask about JavaScript for the > browser. Nope. I"m looking for java. It's needed to run Odigo, and a few other programs like limeware. > Despite the similarity of their names, JavaScript and Java are very > different things: > > 1. JavaScript executes code that is compliant with the ECMAScript > Language Specification (see > http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/Ecma-262.pdf). > JavaScript code is usually embedded in web site code, and is understood > and executed by your browser. Microsoft uses proprietary extensions to > the ECMAScript standard that are only understood by their Internet > Explorer browser. > > 2. Java is Sun/Sunsoft's platform-independent language (derived from > C++) which requires a Java Virtual Machine to be installed on the local > host to execute its semi-compiled code. Java "applets" can be downloaded > via HTTP and run on your system by the Java VM. (Java is what Microsoft > tried to add Windows-only extensions to, in violation of their license.) > If you want to create Java code, download and install the Java System > Developer's Kit (SDK) rather than the Java Runtime Engine (JRE). I understand the difference. Unfortunately, it's getting Java running that seems to be broken. I started with going to Sun's website and downloading "Java for your browser". Is there a step I missed? Krikket
