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? -- Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e West Central Florida 100% Linux. Suse 9.1 Drake, Hallicrafters, Heathkit, TenTec, Yaesu Radio Life: http://www.gospelcom.net/twr/ Linux-Incompatible hardware is defective! USA Pres. Election 2004: http://www.rnc.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~