On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 17:22 -0800, Gerhard Magnus wrote: > On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 17:22 -0500, Claude Jones wrote: > > Gerhard Magnus wrote: > > ||| If you are using Firefox, you would want to put the link in > > ||| the "firefox/plugins" directory... not mozilla's plugin > > ||| directory. > > | > > | OK, makes sense. The closest I could find to "firefox/plugins" > > | was the directory /usr/lib/firefox-0.10.1. I created a > > | subdirectory "plugins" and put the link > > | to /usr/java/jre1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so > > | there. I still keep getting these perplexing firefox messages > > | (now from several webpages.) > > | > > > > You got close. Look again and see if you see > > /usr/lib/firefox-1.0/plugins > > That's where you have to put the link... I just went through this. > > Maybe this will all seem simple eventually but for now it's like trying > to thread a needle in very dim light. The "Jpackages" webpage is a > little too advanced for me at this point. > > (1) I had assumed packages keep their names after they're installed, but > this doesn't seem to be the case. Why does j2re-1_4_2_06-linux-i586.rpm > turn into 2re-1.4.2_06-fcs and jre-1_5_0-linux-i586.rpm become > jre-1.5.0-fcs? When I run "rpm -Uvh" on either of the origin rpm's I'm > told that the corresponding "fcs" files are already installed. > > (2) I now have two java directories under /usr/java: j2re1.4.2_06 and > jre1.5.0. Can someone just tell me which one works with Firefox 1.0? > Does either? I believe all I need is the runtime environment for the > web application I have in mind, but the Firefox "plugins" section (under > preferences-download) still doesn't show any java installed. > > (3) I need to put a link in /usr/lib/firefox-1.0/plugins -- but which > one? Under the /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_06/plugin directory I have ns4, > ns610, and ns610-gcc32. Under /usr/java/jre1.5.0/plugin there's ns7 and > ns7_g to choose from. > Since ns7 is related to the latest netscape, it would seem that would be the correct choice. just my $.02 Jeff
