Hello Paul

Isaac was very helpful to me in getting that problem solved, and this is
what he said (distilled):
the command you're looking for is "ln".  It works as follows: (the #'s are
just to signify the root command prompt)

 # ln [options] sourcename(s) [destination directory]

 where "sourcename(s)" is the name of the file(s) you want to create
 links to (in your case libjavaplugin_oji.so) and "destination directory" is
the directory you want the links to appear in (in my case it was
/usr/local/mozilla0.9.3/mozilla/plugins, yours will be pretty similar - just
make sure it ends up in /plugins)

 The option you'll be using will be -s (for symbolic).  So, assuming your
 mozilla directory were located like mine is, the command would be:
[ed. note - Both the file to be linked and the folder need to have fully
qualified path names, as here shown:]

 # ln -s /usr/jre1.3.1/plugins/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so
/usr/local/mozilla0.9.3/mozilla/plugins

 Your command would only differ depending on where your mozilla folder
 is.
 Anyway, after you install it you should use the simple command "ls -l
 [destionation directory]" to see that your symbolic link arrived
 appropriately.
  The line for the java plugin should start with the letter "l" to show
 it is a link.  If all seems fine and dandy then try going to someplace that
uses java
 and see if you get the error message.  If you do, try logging out and
 logging back in. 

He also showed me a shortcut that works if you're using KDE, but this method
works regardless, so that's the one I'll pass along.

HTH

Edmund



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Rodr�guez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 6:41 AM
> To: newbie
> Subject: [newbie] java and mozilla
> 
> 
> I know this has been covered before, but I still can't get it to work.
> Java does not work out of the box for me in L-M 8.0 f2.  
> Every time I go
> to a site with java I get a java applet error.  What do I 
> need to do to
> get mozilla (or any other browser) to load java enabled pages?
> 
> -Paul Rodr�guez
> 
> 
> 
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