I am trying to set up my Suse 9.1 Mozilla 1.8.a.2 so it will view Java stuff on websites. I have downloaded and loaded Java2 v. 1.3.1_13 I now read that I need to set up a symlink in the plugins directory so that Mozilla can find and use Java. Find Files tells me that there are 14 plugin folders, the three that look like possibilities are /home/edoc/.mozilla/ /opt/mozilla/lib/ /usr/local/mozilla/ Also, do I have the command correct to create the symlink as follows? ln -s /home/edoc/.mozilla/ /usr/java/jre1.3.1_13/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so The idea to use that came from: http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.8a2/installation-extras.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BTW: I used the "Setting Up a Java 2 Environment on Linux" instructions from http://www.dougsparling.com/comp/howto/linux_java.html but noted a couple of errors. He failed to note that Java requires a license "yes" at one point that first requires one to "Enter" or "Return" down through the text. He also has the rpm command as: rpm -ivh j2sdk-1_4_3_03-linux-i586.rpm but at least in the case of 1.3.1_13 that does not work, instead I needed to use: rpm -ivh jdk-1_3_1_13-linux-i586.rpm NOTE: j2sdk changed to jdk Testing Java also required the change of j2sdk to jdk and I believe the Set PATH step did as well. -- 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/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
doc wrote:
I am trying to set up my Suse 9.1 Mozilla 1.8.a.2 so it will view Java stuff on websites.
I have downloaded and loaded Java2 v. 1.3.1_13
that is old
I now read that I need to set up a symlink in the plugins directory so that Mozilla can find and use Java.
/home/edoc/.mozilla/
Not this one.
/opt/mozilla/lib/
closer. It is /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/
/usr/local/mozilla/
Not this one either.
Also, do I have the command correct to create the symlink as follows?
No
ln -s /home/edoc/.mozilla/ /usr/java/jre1.3.1_13/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so
Try, as root, ln -s /usr/java/jre1.3.1_13/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Registered Linux user 231871
doc wrote:
I am trying to set up my Suse 9.1 Mozilla 1.8.a.2 so it will view Java stuff on websites.
I have downloaded and loaded Java2 v. 1.3.1_13
I now read that I need to set up a symlink in the plugins directory so that Mozilla can find and use Java.
Find Files tells me that there are 14 plugin folders, the three that look like possibilities are
/home/edoc/.mozilla/ /opt/mozilla/lib/ /usr/local/mozilla/
Also, do I have the command correct to create the symlink as follows?
ln -s /home/edoc/.mozilla/ /usr/java/jre1.3.1_13/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so
<STUFF DELETED> ln -s /usr/java/jre1.3.1_13/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so /home/edoc/.mozilla/plugins/ Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====
Might both of these be correct and if so what would the difference be depending on which I used? Might I want to do both? ln -s /usr/java/jre1.3.1_13/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so /home/edoc/.mozilla/plugins/ ln -s /usr/java/jre1.3.1_13/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so -- 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/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
doc wrote:
Might both of these be correct and if so what would the difference be depending on which I used?
Might I want to do both?
ln -s /usr/java/jre1.3.1_13/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so /home/edoc/.mozilla/plugins/
ln -s /usr/java/jre1.3.1_13/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so
It wont harm. It usually looks in the user home directory. It's supposed to look in the /opt/mozilla/plugins/ global directory, but I've come across cases where it didn't, perhaps it was one version of mozilla that was affected, so I had to put the link into /root/.mozilla/plugins for mozilla as root to pick it up. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====
doc wrote:
Might both of these be correct and if so what would the difference be depending on which I used?
Yes
Might I want to do both?
not necessary.
ln -s /usr/java/jre1.3.1_13/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so /home/edoc/.mozilla/plugins/
This one works only for the one user it is installed in.
ln -s /usr/java/jre1.3.1_13/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so
This is for multiuser, meaning every user on your machine will have this available. HTH -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Registered Linux user 231871
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