How to install Java/Frefox in FC6 -

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 10:44 -0800, Knute Johnson wrote:
> > My
> >query was whether anybody had more luck than I did with the current
> >version (1.6.0).
> 
> I couldn't get it to work.  Firefox reported it as installed but 
> applets did not work.  I had installed the rpm version with jpackage. 
>  I removed all of the 1.6 parts and put 1.5.0_09 back in and that 
> works fine again.
> 
> If you get 1.6 to work, please post directions for the rest of us 
> blivets.
> 
> Thanks,
I installed the jre.bin for 6.0, in the same fashion I have mentioned,
and "it just works" (tm), if all you want is the java client to enable
Firefox. I went to the java site, tested the install and got
congratulations as I have pasted here:
------------------------------------------------------------------
JAVA SOFTWARE for Your Computer


We detected your Java environment as
follows;
Description
Your Environment

Java Runtime Vendor:
Sun Microsystems Inc.
Java Runtime Version
1.6.0
------------------------------------------------------------------




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