Can Java just shoot me?

[Karl Larsen]

Antti J. Huhtala wrote:
> ke, 2007-11-21 kello 11:28:23 -0500, Tom Horsley kirjoitti:
>   
>> On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:24:03 -0600
>> Frank Cox <theatre at sasktel.net> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>>> Better put into /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.x/plugins 
>>>> That way it is available to all users.  
>>>>         
>>> Wouldn't it disappear the next time you update Firefox to 2.0.0.x+1?
>>>
>>> I've never tried that, actually.
>>>       
>> Yep, you have to keep updating the link with firefox.
>>
>> On the other hand you can make links in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
>> and firefox will find them there as well for all users, and they will
>> hang around between firefox versions (which is a good thing
>> as long as they aren't version dependent).
>>
>>     
> Yes, a symlink in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins will work no matter which
> version of Firefox is currently used.
>   
> Referring to Tom's original post, I find it difficult to understand the
> sneering remarks some writers have chosen to contribute to this thread.
> While installing Sun's Java Runtime Environment is not very difficult,
> it is not entirely trivial, either.
> Finding a JRE rpm package or binary self-extracting file to download is
> *not* the problem (though a relative newbie can't be sure which of the
> many on offer to choose). It's what you do _after_ downloading it to
> install _and_ link it properly.
>
> There are so many variables (Fedora version, i386/x86_64, browser etc)
> to consider that it is understandable everybody and his cousin have not
> succeeded in making JRE work in their systems. Sun's home pages _are_
> somewhat difficult to navigate if you aren't sure which package/file you
> need to install Firefox Java plugin, for example. 
> Even if you manage to somehow find your way to http://java.com/en/ and
> locate the "big green button", your troubles are far from over. You may
> successfully d/l and install the package/file but if you didn't observe
> the fact earlier, there's _no_ reference either to Fedora or Firefox! 
> When you get to 'Enable and Configure' section in 'Instructions', your
> options are "Mozilla 1.4 and later" or "Mozilla 1.2, Netscape 6 and
> later". How do you know which one to choose -- if either? (If you've got
> Fedora 7 and Firefox 32-bit browser, the former is just fine.)
>
> In trying to get your Firefox Java plugin to work, you may be directed
> to http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html#Java . Though the advice on
> that page is not wrong, it's much too brief to be of any real help to
> the uninitiated.
>
> For a long time I didn't have JRE working (for no lack of trying) until
> I followed the directions in 
>
> http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc6.html#java
>
> while using FC6. Today I spent a good hour to install and enable the
> latest Java plugin (jre1.6.0_03) in F7 and Firefox 2.0.0.9 according to 
>
> http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f7.html#java 
>
> Why it took a good hour is because the above page is a bit vague about
> 'simply deleting /opt/jre1.6 directory' and creating a symlink to the
> appropriate /opt/jre1.6.0_03/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so file
> in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.
>
> Regards
>
> Antti
>
>
>
>   
This is working for me. The F7 instructions are very clear. I am 
updating this F7-64 so can't get the lib file yummed yet but the 
sim-link went fine and it should then work. I saved the web page :-)



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