Java 1.50 not installed in FC4? Use Sun's version?

[Jeff Vian]

On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 15:45 -0800, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> Well, I checked.  Java 1.50 is not installed on FC4, even with all
> the updates.  I searched the RPMs and see references to v1.4.2?
> Is that it??
> 
> Can I install Sun's v1.50 or what is recommended.
> 
> I noticed this problem since FireFox did not find *any*
> java installed as a module ....
> 
> Kind regards,
> Dan
> 

I installed Sun's version.  You have to make a soft link
in /usr/lib/firefox-1.0.X/plugins
to /usr/java/jre1.5.0_04/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
Firefox can then see the java plugin.

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