Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
Hi
I downloaded java and then doubleclicked it to install. When I try to
use it in firefox I get a message to donwload missing plug ins.
"locate" gives me this
[rosemary@(none) ~]$ locate java
/home/rosemary/.openoffice/user/temp/java
/var/lib/menu-xdg/applications/Mandrakelinux/System/Configuration/KDE/WebBrowsing/khtml_java_js.desktop
/var/lib/menu-xdg/simplified/applications/Mandrakelinux/AdministerYourSystem/UseMoreAdministrationTools/Configuration/KDE/WebBrowsing/khtml_java_js.desktop
/usr/share/doc/libidn11-0.5.13/contrib/java
/usr/share/doc/libidn11-0.5.13/contrib/java/ExampleIDNA.java
with very much more ...
What do I need to do. I want to access a Genealogy Chat room.
Thanks
Does locate reveal a /usr/local/j2re(version) setup? If not, then it
isn't properly installed.
If it does, then you need to create (as root) a symbolic link in your
mozilla plugins folder(or whatever the equivalent is with firefox)
pointing to the plugin in the java plugins folder.
The following is cut and pasted from the set of instructions I used to
create my link:
* Mozilla / Netscape 7
Create a symbolic link from
<Java2 RE installation>/plugin/<ARCH>/mozilla/libjavaplugin_oji.so to
one of the directories Mozilla/Netscape 7 searches for plug-ins.
E.g.
% ln -s /usr/local/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/mozilla/libjavaplugin_oji.so \
~/mozilla-1.0/plugins/
or
% su # become root
% ln -s /usr/local/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/mozilla/libjavaplugin_oji.so \
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
Note: It has to be a symbolic link, copying libjavaplugin_oji.so
will NOT work.
Hope this is of some help
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