On Wednesday 01 Jan 2003 1:15 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Wednesday January 1 2003 06:36 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > 'rpm -Uvh j2re-1.4.1 01-5mdk' rpm makes java available globally > > > to all apps (browsers too). You do nothin, and can't screw it up > > > ;) > > > > > > It's available from the Club, or maybe from /unsupported > > > mirrors. > > > > Tom - do you do this as root? > > > > Anne > > Anne, I suppose you're refering to 'rpm-Uvh.... Yes, do it as > root. Just installing the j2re rpm takes care of making the needed > links for you, eg.... > > tom$ ll /usr/bin/java > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Dec 31 19:57 /usr/bin/java -> > /etc/alternatives/java* > > ..... adds jre to your path.... > tom$ echo $PATH > /usr//bin:/bin:/usr/bin::/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games: > /usr/lib/jre-1.4.0_01/bin:/home/tom/bin > > ... and takes care of anything else while it's at it ;) I don't > believe it's even neccesary to uninstall kaffe first, but I always > do.
Java was running correctly under Galeon but not under Mozilla. I had hoped that this would fix it. Instead, I now show no plugins for Java or Javascript under either. The only good thing is that it has confirmed that my problems in Mozilla were caused by this, because now Galeon doesn't work either. I presume there's a link problem. What should I do now? Anne
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