Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (946 mails)

["David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/12/2010 04:28 PM, Michael Powell wrote:
> Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
>
> > Thanks for your reply.
> >
> > I am using Java 1.6.0r21.  Following the instructions on
> > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/manual-plugin-install-linux-136395.html
> > I made a ling from Firefox to /usr/java/jre1.6.0_21/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so,
> > but Firefox still does't use Java.  In fact Java doesn't show up in
> > Tools/Add-ons/Plugins.
> >
> > Any further suggestions?
> [snip]
>
> I am using openSUSE 11.3 which was upgraded from 11.2. There used to be 
> a configuration utility called 'alternatives' which you could run to choose a 
> java instance from among multiple installs. Although this seems to have 
> disappeared when I upgraded, all the links and config are still present 
> in my /etc/alternatives directory.  Your machine is most likely quite 
> different 
> from mine, so adjust accordingly.


The new wiki isn't done yet, but the page on 'update-alternatives' you are
talking about exists here:

http://old-en.opensuse.org/Java/setDefaultJava


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