Paul Howarth <paul@city-fan.org> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Fred J. wrote: > > "Fred J." <phddas@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Paul Howarth <paul@city-fan.org> wrote: Fred J. wrote: >> Paul Howarth > wrote: On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 00:13 -0700, Fred J. wrote: >>> Hi >>> while following the stops to install JRE as per > ... > > Paul. > > Paul > thanks alot > after going through the link I now have it. > [fred@localhost i586]$ java -version > java version "1.5.0_09" > Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_09-b01) > Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_09-b01, mixed mode, sharing) > [fred@localhost i586]$ cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ > [fred@localhost plugins]$ ls > [fred@localhost plugins]$ ls -a > . .. > [fred@localhost plugins]$ sudo ln -s ../../../lib/jvm/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so . > Password: > [fred@localhost plugins]$ ls -l > total 4 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 62 Oct 4 03:46 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> ../../../lib/jvm/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so > > however when I restart firefox, and go to a suitable page, it still asks to install a plugin JRE.I found the problem > [fred@localhost plugins]$ sudo ln -s ../../../lib/jvm/java-1.<tab> > java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0/ java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.09/ > it looks like I have to uninstall the jre 1.4.2 I embarked upon before. ../../../lib/jvm/java should be a symlink to /etc/alternatives/java_sdk, which should be a symlink to /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun (set up using "alternatives"), which should be a symlink to java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.09. By following all of these symlinks, libjavaplugin_oji.so should point to /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.09/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so. </tab></paul@city-fan.org></phddas@yahoo.com></blockquote>I don't have "../../../lib/jvm/java" ]$ cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ [fred@localhost plugins]$ ls -l ../../../lib/jvm jvm/ jvm-commmon/ jvm-exports/ jvm-private/ [fred@localhost plugins]$ ls -l ../../../lib/jvm/java-1. java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0/ java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.09/ as well as "/etc/alternatives/java_sdk" [fred@localhost ~]$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/java java java.1.gz javaws javaws.1.gz am I still ok? thank you __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com