Help installing Java

[Uno Engborg]

Neal Wilkinson wrote:

>I installed Java (jre1.5.0_04) and then went to
>the /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.8/plugins directory and did a ln
>-s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_04/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
>and the link was created. When I try and run a Java app though it says
>the plugin is not installed. Java is enabled in the browser as well.  
>
>  
>
Strange, that should work.

Does it help to set environment variables like
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jre1.5.0_04/
or
JRE_HOME=/usr/java/jre1.5.0_04/

is it the right java that is in your PATH or LD_LIBRARY_PATH or 
/etc/ld.so.conf
file

Regards
Uno Engborgs