FC8/IcedTea Java Plugin/FireFox/R

[Knute Johnson]

>
>>1. Remove Iced Tea 
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>>2. Go to the java.sun.com web site and secure the appropriate JRE
>>download. In my case, it was:
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>>3.  Set the above to be executable:
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>>4. Run and install the above as root:
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>>5. Create the symlink to the JRE plugin:
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>No luck here.  FireFox 'about:plugins' finds the new plugin, but the R search  
>still fails, as does the official Java test page.
>
>Something with 'alternatives' needed, maybe?

Do you have compat-libstdc++-33 installed?

See my page for setting up Sun Java on F8;

http://www.knutejohnson.com/sun-java-on-F8.html

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Knute Johnson
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