java in mozilla

[eccentric]

Just happened to find this handly little bash script to install the giant java plugin for mozilla (in linux obviously).

http://www.pikeus.freeserve.co.uk/junk/mozilla-java-linux.html

It uses wget to grab the plugin from netscape's site and then installs it into your mozilla plugins directory. Worked like a charm for me.

[hurt]

didn't work for me but then again i also loaded this as root and installed it with nothing. it says it installed it on both but it dosn't show up in the plug ins and still no java support in mozilla.

http://cgi.netscape.com/cgi-bin/pi_moreinfo.cgi?PID=10048

[eccentric]

Oh, I think you misunderstood what that page was that I posted. On it is a little shell script that you can download which does the install for mozilla (because the netscape plugin install doesn't work, which is the link you have there).

Try this, (as root)

cd /tmp
wget http://www.pikeus.freeserve.co.uk/junk/mozjava.zip
unzip mozjava.zip
sh mozjava.sh

That should do the trick. If you don't have wget installed, apt-get install wget

[hurt]

i did that and it said it installed but there is nothing in the plugins listed for java. it still downloads it from netscape?

[tragedy]

i got it to work for me...so now i can play yahoo games.. i'm sure there are better uses for java.. but i like to play

[eccentric]

[hurt]

no it is listed in tragedys box for the plugins. i am pretty sure it is just my setup cause tragedy got the script np on hers i do the same thing and nothing. the script does work though. my mozilla will just not find it or use it. the odd thing is we have the same version installed.

dosn't matter though we can are going to reinstall again anyhow on that one and i have to recompile cause they changed compilers and now my nvidia drivers wont compile cause it says it is using a diff compiler than the on i used for the kernel.

[hurt]

this is really startting to get to me. i have installed it again after the clean setup and there is still no luck getting this to go. i checked the plugins dir for mozilla and it is all there same as tragedys box but still nothing will work that needs java. i just don't get it at all.

[Guest]

i'm having the same problem as hurt, it would seem.
though it is installed and linked in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
maybe some more tests are required

cool forum btw
/.s

[hurt]

how i got java in mozilla firebird..

1. goto http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html
and download "J2SE v1.4.2_03" or the current version at the time.

2. extract this file to "/usr/java/"

3. then goto the plugins dir for mozilla firebird or what ever mozilla you happen to be using. for me this was "/usr/lib/mozilla-firebird/plugins/"

4. run the command "ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_03/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so"

*note* change version number in the last commands path according to your needs.
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