Firefox .08 and Java

[Webwolf70]

I just installed the free Red Hat 9 iso download on my Compaq. Everything is working great, except for a few things I need to set up. One of these things is java. I downloaded this file: j2re-1_4_2_03-linux-i586-rpm.bin and I have no clue what to do with it?


My new Compaq Presario S6000CL came with Win XP and I used it for awhile but Red Hat seems to work better on it. So if I can get things I need and want set up with Red Hat then I am going to purchase Red Hat and use my 80GB and 20GB hard drives completely with Linux and Leave XP on my old computer.


Ron

[microft.pt]

what you do with that .bin file is:

1 - change the permissions so that you can execute it (chmod u=rx j2re-1_4_2_03-linux-i586-rpm.bin)
2 - execute it (./j2re-1_4_2_03-linux-i586-rpm.bin)

it will create a rpm file.

3- install the rpm file that was created as root
4 - create a link to the libjavaplugin_oji.so file, on the firefix plugin dir.

and that's about it

The first time i installed java I had trouble because of some other missing libs (think it was stdc++)

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[sam]

I worked for about 3 weeks before I finally got it to work. The symlinks were
daunting for me. Did you get it from the sun web site? They have great directions
http://www.java.com/en/download/help/linux_install.jsp
except they don't help with the symlinks. Finally someone here gave me the command
ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_03/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/local/mozilla/plugins
and it worked. The directories may be different on your system and if you are using Firefox the /usr/local/mozill/plugins reference is not right. I have modified this command for Mozilla, Firebird and Firefox and they worked great. At the www.java.com site there is a place to check it and see if it works when you are done.

[Webwolf70]

Ok. I did everything as directed except I believe I am still thinking like A windows user, .
When a link was mentioned that was not just simpley "link to libnullplugin.so" , was it?How is a symbolic link done.

Here is the directory where the java2 folder is "/usr/lib/firefox/plugins/java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libnullplugin.so"

Now I make a symbolic link to the "/usr/lib/firefox/plugins" ?

Again, is this different from just making a link like you would in windows?


Thanks

Ron

[sam]

I'm a Windows user also and on somewhat of a learning curve here. I wonder why your Java installed itself in such a different place or maybe you forced there. I believe this would be your command as root or super user.

ln -s /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libnullplugin.so /usr/lib/firefox/plugins

[Webwolf70]

The first post told me to use this file "livejavaplugin_oji.so" So I did. It still didn't work. So just for the hell of it I went and looked for a java folder and found it here "/usr/java" I found that file and brought up the terminal window and typed in "ln -s(and both paths.) It worked. Now I am wondering if I can just delete the java folder in my fire fox directory. Is it need at all. It has the same things in it that are in the /usr/java folder.



Ron

[sam]

My java is in /usr/java directory. I think that is all you need.
Glad you got it working.