plugin: JRE in JDK for firefox

[Kam Leo]

On Apr 12, 2005 12:38 PM, THUFIR HAWAT <hawat.thufir at gmail.com> wrote:
> "    * Open a terminal
>     * Change to your Mozilla (or Mozilla Firefox) plugins directory
>     * Issue the following command: ln -s
> /usr/java/j2re1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> 
> Important! If you install your JRE in a different way (self extracting
> package, debian package, etc), libjavaplugin_oji.so will quite likely
> be in a different location. Do not just blindly use the command listed
> above! "
> from <http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/faqs/java.html#Linux>
> 
> [thufir at localhost ns7]$ pwd
> /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_02/jre/plugin/i386/ns7
> [thufir at localhost ns7]$ ll
> total 140
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 134116 Mar  4 13:17 libjavaplugin_oji.so
> 
> how do I find the firefox plugins directory?  I should change to that
> directory and then "ln -s

Use the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory instead.  Put all of your
plugins in this directory. Firefox and Mozilla will automatically link
to them.  No need to reinstall plugins when upgrading these browsers.

> /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_02/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so"?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Thufir
>