Getting Java Plugins to Run with Mozilla in RH 9

[Kostas Sfakiotakis]

Rick Stevens wrote:
> rab wrote:
> 
>> I'm not sure why java is so problematic in RH Linux. I've had it 
>> running in the past. I have:
>>
>> [root at tangent plugins]# pwd
>> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
>> [root at tangent plugins]# ls -l
>> total 168
>> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           37 Dec 20 13:22 
>> flashplayer.xpt -> /usr/lib/flash-plugin/flashplayer.xpt
>> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           39 Dec 20 13:22 
>> libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so
>> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           61 Mar  6 19:14 
>> libjavaplugin_oji.so -> 
>> /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_01/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so
>> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        22176 Jan 25  2003 plugger.so
>> -r--r--r--    1 root     root         4139 Jan  6  2003 raclass.zip
>> -r-xr-xr-x    1 root     root       129088 Jan  6  2003 rpnp.so
>>
>> How can I get Mozilla to run Java apps? Every time I install a new 
>> version of Mozilla, java plugins stop working.
> 
> 
> You must find out where you're installing Mozilla (usually
> /usr/lib/mozilla-version).  Don't assume that /usr/lib/mozilla is where
> it went.  Often, /usr/lib/mozilla is a symbolic link to where the actual
> stuff lives.  For example:
> 
> [root at prophead root]# ls -ld /usr/lib/moz*
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           11 Nov 10 12:09 /usr/lib/mozilla 
> -> mozilla-1.5
> drwxr-xr-x    9 root     root         4096 Aug 15  2003 
> /usr/lib/mozilla-1.2.1
> drwxr-xr-x    9 root     root         4096 Aug 19  2003 
> /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4
> drwxr-xr-x    9 root     root         4096 Nov 17 09:48 
> /usr/lib/mozilla-1.5
> 
> As you can see, /usr/lib/mozilla is a symlink to /usr/lib/mozilla-1.5.
> 
> Regardless, you must get to the real install directory (in the above
> case, /usr/lib/mozilla-1.5) and create a symbolic link from that
> directory's "/plugins" directory to your Java binary.  Again, an
> example:
> 
> [root at prophead mozilla-1.5]# cd /usr/lib/mozilla-1.5/plugins
> [root at prophead plugins]# ls -l
> total 1960
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          856 Nov 10 14:38 flashplayer.xpt
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      1470464 Nov 10 14:38 libflashplayer.so
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           79 Nov 19 13:37 
> libjavaplugin_oji.so ->
> /usr/local/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so 
> 
> 
> That's the link that needs to be created (the libjavaplugin_oji.so one).
> Every time you install a new Mozilla, you need to fix that.

What if the above trick doesn't do the job .
Well i have installed a second version of mozilla under /user/local/mozilla

( Mozilla v. 1.6 , the very same i am using right now,from mozilla.org )
Then i went to /usr/local/mozilla/plugins and placed the above link , 
with a small variation . Since i don't have the ns610-gcc32 directory i 
gave the ns610 . I don't have gcc v. 3.2 at all ( am using Redhat 7.3 )
By the way the version of java is 1.4.1_03  .
Where do i look for errors .