doc wrote:
Followed the instructions from this site: http://www.dougsparling.com/comp/howto/linux_java.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linux RPM in self-extracting file
Downloaded j2se-1_4_2_05-linux-i586-rpm.bin to /home/username/apps/
% su - # cd /home/username/apps/ # chmod +x j2se-1_4_2_05-linux-i586-rpm.bin # ./j2se-1_4_2_05-linux-i586-rpm.bin # rpm -ivh j2se-1_4_3_05-linux-i586.rpm
Now test Java:
# /usr/java/j2se1.4.2_05/bin/java -version
Set the PATH environment variable: (/etc/profile or .bashrc).
PATH="$PATH:/usr/java/j2se1.4.2_05/bin:." export PATH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I then rebooted because the PATH was again bollixed.
The I set up the symlink: ln -s /usr/java/jre1.4.2_05/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so and received a "file exists" message.
Then I visited: http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.jsp to see if the effort worked ... ;-( no.
What, please, am I missing that is an important step, please?
Think I just spotted the trouble "javaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/lib/java2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so", i.e in the mozilla plugins directory it should be just "javaplugin_oji.so". Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====