java plugin firefox and ibm's website

Mike Hoy mhoy4 at cox.net
Fri Feb 18 03:31:36 UTC 2005


> 1. download jre-1_5_0_01-linux-i586-rpm.bin from Sun (go to 
> http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp and select the "Linux RPM 
> (self-extracting file)")
> 2. run it to extract jre-1_5_0_01-linux-i586.rpm
> 3. rpm -ivh jre-1_5_0_01-linux-i586.rpm
> 4. cd /usr/lib/firefox-1.0/plugins
> 5. ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_01/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
> 6. restart Firefox

ok i'll try this again, it could be that i chose the wrong file, they 
have 2 .bin files i must have chose the *Linux (self-extracting file)*
(filesize: 15.8 MB)

instead of the *Linux RPM (self-extracting file)*
(filesize: 15.4 MB)

well get back in a few.

thx
mike




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