can't install java plugin 1.41 in netscape 7

[hillelr]

hello all
first i don't understand why in windows version there is a java plugin in the netscape intellation
and in linux there isn't.
i downloaded j2se 1.41 plugin from sun's site.
i installed the rpm and still netscape says that it needs to download the plugin when it needs it.
i tried adding the mime type in netscape helper applications like this
i put in the mime type: application/x-java-vm
and for an application i put: /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_02/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so
(there were 3 folders for plugins one ns4 one ns6 and one ns610 so i tried the newest).
but still nescape tells me that it needs to doanload the java plugin.
does anybody knows how to make this work.
bye

[bpark]

Assuming that you correctly installed J2SE1.4.1, all you really need to do is create a soft link. I'm using mozilla and my Java home directory is /usr/java.

bash$ ln -s /usr/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji140.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

Once that's done, you can test if the plugin is installed correctly by going to Help -> About Plugins in the Netscape menubar. You might need to restart Netscape after you run the code.

[hillelr]

that worked
thanks very much