help with Java! just installed linux

[lakerdonald]

Just do:

su
rpm -iv jre-1_5_0_05-linux-i586.rpm

It will probably have some dependencies, so download their rpms and repeat.

[Hany]

Now, I have everything installed and need to 'create a link to firefox plugins'

Switch to the Firefox plugins directory:
Enter: cd /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-1.0.6/plugins {ENTER} (no quotes).

Switch to the root user:
Enter: su {ENTER}' (no quotes).
Enter your root password when requested.

For J2SE(TM) Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 4, create the link:
Enter: ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_04/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so {ENTER} (no quotes)

For Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition 1.4.2_09, create the link:
Enter: ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_09/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so {ENTER} (no quotes).

cd/usr/lib/mozilla-fire......can't be found. What's the problem for this?

And again, thanks a lot! You guys are awesome

[lakerdonald]

Sometimes it's located in /usr/lib/MozillaFirefox

[Hany]

ah

it still says its not found

[hany@localhost ~]$ cd /usr/lib/MozillaFirefox-1.0.6/plugins
bash: cd: /usr/lib/MozillaFirefox-1.0.6/plugins: No such file or directory

is usr supposed to be hany?

I tried that...also didn't work

[hany@localhost ~]$ cd /hany/lib/MozillaFirefox-1.0.6/plugins
bash: cd: /hany/lib/MozillaFirefox-1.0.6/plugins: No such file or directory

[spencerf]

maybe its just in

/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

or you can try this:

whereis firefox

and look at the output

or the find command

[djap]

Also check that you have typed the path correctly.

cd /usr/lib
ls -d moz*

It should give you a few folders and one of them should belong to firefox.
Mandriva normaly installs firefox in /usr/lib

[Hany]

great thanks! it was in a different directory...
I believe I did everything in the instructions. Here's the last part:

Switch to the Firefox plugins directory:
Enter: cd /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-1.0.6/plugins {ENTER} (no quotes).

Switch to the root user:
Enter: su {ENTER}' (no quotes).
Enter your root password when requested.

For J2SE(TM) Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 4, create the link:
Enter: ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_04/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so {ENTER} (no quotes)

For Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition 1.4.2_09, create the link:
Enter: ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_09/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so {ENTER} (no quotes).

I did that and opened mozilla to check it and it still said 'plugin missing'.

[djap]

what do you get if you.

cd /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-1.0.6/plugins
ls

edit:
And you did restart your browser before trying it right?

edit2:

I did that and opened mozilla to check it and it still said 'plugin missing'.

Oh sorry, missed that.

[Hany]

lol its okay

What should I do now?

[lakerdonald]

Make sure that the permissions on the plugin / directory the plugin is in are sane.