If I open a webpage with a Java plugin in Firefox 1.0 (SuSe RPM), it complains about a missing plugin. Since Java is definitely on the system, what do I need to link to where? I've tried looking in the options but the only thing I can see is that the Java tick box is on. -- Tim Nicholson http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this.
On Monday 10 January 2005 11:57, Tim Nicholson wrote:
If I open a webpage with a Java plugin in Firefox 1.0 (SuSe RPM), it complains about a missing plugin.
Since Java is definitely on the system, what do I need to link to where?
I've tried looking in the options but the only thing I can see is that the Java tick box is on.
Hi Tim. I had this problem once before. What worked for me was going into Yast ----> Install/Remove Software. Search for java and you'll want to make sure you have all the required java packages installed. -- Jake Sallee spark@breathdedeeply.com www.breathedeeply.com My Desktop: www.breathedeeply.com/screenshot.jpg Registered Linux User #358012 http://counter.li.org
Tim, I don't think Firefox automatically detects Java. I copied the plugin file -- called libjavaplugin_oji.so -- from its location in my Java directory to Firefox's plugins directory. My Java plugin is located in: /usr/lib/SunJava2-1.4.2/jre/i386/ns610-gcc32/ Best, Pete -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter N. Spotts | Science Correspondent The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston MA 02115 Office: 617-450-2449 | Office in home: 508-520-3139 Email: pspotts@alum.mit.edu | www.csmonitor.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
P.S. I should add that this is how I've gotten all nearly all my plugins to work -- Arcobat Reader, RealPlayer, etc. Only Macromedia's Flashplayer automatically finds the right directories into which it will install itself so that when you restart Firefox, you don't have to look for another plugin file. Best, Pete -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter N. Spotts | Science Correspondent The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston MA 02115 Office: 617-450-2449 | Office in home: 508-520-3139 Email: pspotts@alum.mit.edu | www.csmonitor.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Peter N. Spotts wrote:
I don't think Firefox automatically detects Java. I copied the plugin file -- called libjavaplugin_oji.so -- from its location in my Java directory to Firefox's plugins directory.
Better to create a symbolic link: /opt/firefox/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/lib/java/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so* Also, I think firefox1.0 needs jre1.5.0. -- Let your spam stop here - http://www.spamchek.com
Per Jessen wrote:
Peter N. Spotts wrote:
I don't think Firefox automatically detects Java. I copied the plugin file -- called libjavaplugin_oji.so -- from its location in my Java directory to Firefox's plugins directory.
Better to create a symbolic link:
/opt/firefox/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/lib/java/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so*
I don't seem to have that path, I do have a myriad of versions though!! Locate doesn't list libjavaplugin_oji.so! Cannot find it in YAst either!
Also, I think firefox1.0 needs jre1.5.0.
Hope not, that version conflicts Open Office!
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El Lun 10 Ene 2005 13:19, Per Jessen escribió:
Also, I think firefox1.0 needs jre1.5.0.
That is definitely not the case. Firefox doesn't need any Java per se, but you do need the Java plugin to be able to run java applets in the Firefox browser. For this purpose, Java 1.4.2_06 is perfect. The original poster didn't tell us which version of SuSE he uses nor which version of Java. I have installed JDK 1.4.2_06 downloaded from Sun's website on my SuSE 8.2 box, and it goes into /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2. Given that path, just create a symbolic link in the Firefox plugins directory which points to the Java plugin library: 'ln -s /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so' To create a symbolic link is the recommended way to make the plugin work on Mozilla and Firefox, not copying the library into the plugins directory. Obviously, you will have to adjust the path with what is right on your system, ie, where your JRE resides. BTW, updating to 1.4.2_06 is highly recommended because of security issues that have been resolved in this version of Java. Regards, -- Andreas Philipp Noema Ltda. Bogotá, D.C. - Colombia http://www.noemasol.com
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El Lun 10 Ene 2005 13:19, Per Jessen escribió:
Also, I think firefox1.0 needs jre1.5.0.
That is definitely not the case. Firefox doesn't need any Java per se, but you do need the Java plugin to be able to run java applets in the Firefox browser.
For this purpose, Java 1.4.2_06 is perfect.
The original poster didn't tell us which version of SuSE he uses nor which version of Java. I have installed JDK 1.4.2_06 downloaded from Sun's website on my SuSE 8.2 box, and it goes into /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2.
How very remiss of me :( SuSE 9.2, as to the version of Java well I have a forest of Java folders/symlinks on my system that came from I know not where but which all seem to end up back at /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2.sun in which the folders 'bin', 'javaws' and 'lib' reside. plugins is noticable by its absence! I have downloaded the 1.5.0_01 from Sun, which indeed does have the plug-ins, but on trying to install it with yast it warns of a conflict with Open Office, so I abandoned the install! -- Tim Nicholson http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this.
Tim, El Mar 11 Ene 2005 05:02, Tim Nicholson escribió:
The original poster didn't tell us which version of SuSE he uses nor which version of Java. I have installed JDK 1.4.2_06 downloaded from Sun's website on my SuSE 8.2 box, and it goes into /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2.
How very remiss of me :(
No big deal.
SuSE 9.2, as to the version of Java well I have a forest of Java folders/symlinks on my system that came from I know not where but which all seem to end up back at /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2.sun in which the folders 'bin', 'javaws' and 'lib' reside. plugins is noticable by its absence!
As noted by Glenn in his reply to this thread, there is an article in the SuSE Suppport Database at http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2004/11/wessels_javaplug92.html which will have you install the SuSE package java-1_4_2-sun-plug-in by means of YaST2. If you have performed a standard instalation of 9.2 on your machine, this is probably the best way to resolve your issue. It seems as if the required browser plug-in is simply not installed on your system. That is, the standard installation of the SuSE supplied Java runtime on 9.2 doesn't provide the plug-in required by Mozilla or Firefox!
I have downloaded the 1.5.0_01 from Sun, which indeed does have the plug-ins, but on trying to install it with yast it warns of a conflict with Open Office, so I abandoned the install!
I know there are many people on this list who feel that you break a rpm-based SuSE system by installation of software not packaged explicitly as rpm for your SuSE distro. I don't agree with this point of view, and there is some software I actually prefer to install from source or from a vendor binary distribution. Sun's JDK is one of these. I have always had a good experience downloading Sun's JDK from Sun's website and installing it on my systems. I am currently using the 1.4.2_06 version, because it resolves some serious security issues with the Java runtime. If you decide to install a Sun supplied Java version, be sure to eliminate first the Java currently installed on your system from the SuSE rpm. Then install the Sun supplied JDK (again, 1.4.2_06 recommended). Last, do the symbolic linking as explained before to get the plug-in working in Firefox. Good luck! -- Andreas Philipp Noema Ltda. Bogotá, D.C. - Colombia http://www.noemasol.com
On 11/01/05 10:02 AM, Tim Nicholson
I have downloaded the 1.5.0_01 from Sun, which indeed does have the plug-ins, but on trying to install it with yast it warns of a conflict with Open Office, so I abandoned the install!
The conflict iirc involves the JDBC plugin into the database component buried in calc, which may or may not be relevant to what you use OOo for. If it is then you could try the current preview release of OOo2, which I and a number of our staff have been using for over a month without problems. It has much improved database support and appears to be fully compatable with jre1.5. Regards, Ben
Peter, Tim, On Monday 10 January 2005 10:11, Peter N. Spotts wrote:
Tim,
I don't think Firefox automatically detects Java. I copied the plugin file -- called libjavaplugin_oji.so -- from its location in my Java directory to Firefox's plugins directory.
My Java plugin is located in:
/usr/lib/SunJava2-1.4.2/jre/i386/ns610-gcc32/
Better make that: "/usr/lib/SunJava2-1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/".
Best,
Pete
Randall Schulz
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:32:29 -0800
Randall R Schulz
Better make that: "/usr/lib/SunJava2-1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/".
My bad...thanks Randall for the correction... Pete -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter N. Spotts | Science Correspondent The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston MA 02115 Office: 617-450-2449 | Office in home: 508-520-3139 Email: pspotts@alum.mit.edu | www.csmonitor.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 14:51, Peter N. Spotts wrote: <snip>
Better make that: "/usr/lib/SunJava2-1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/".
My bad...thanks Randall for the correction...
I don't know if this applies to your version of Firefox, but Mozilla wants the file '~/.mozilla/pluginreg.dat' deleted before it will recognize and register plug-in changes or additions. good luck! - Carl
Tim Nicholson wrote:
If I open a webpage with a Java plugin in Firefox 1.0 (SuSe RPM), it complains about a missing plugin.
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