On Wednesday 31 August 2005 08:30 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
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| > | Message transport security by GatewayDefender.com
| > | 1:16:27 AM ET - 8/26/2005
| >
| > I prefer to use RPM packages when possible since urpmi and its GUI
| > interface make package management so much simpler. I will explain, in
| > detail, the steps required to install java using an rpm package
| > provided by Sun on Mandriva. I will also give the steps to make the
| > java plugin available to Firefox
| >
| > I will make the following assumptions:
| >
| > 1. Minimal Linux knowledge [please do not be offended if this is not
| > so]. 2. Firefox was installed with the mozilla-firefox RPM package
| > provided by Mandriva.
| > 3. Firefox is used to download the file from sun.
| > 4. Firefox downloads files to the desktop.
| > 5. The file downloaded from Sun is not already executable.
| > 6. You are using the KDE desktop environment.
| >
| > Go to 'http://java.sun.com' to download the java package.
| > There are two versions available, J2SE-5.0 or J2SE-1.4.2.
| > Both work OK in Firefox, but AFAIK, only the 1.4.2 version works in
| > Konqueror.
| >
| > Navigate to the downloads page. Make sure to select the link 'Linux RPM
| > in self extracting file'. This will download a .bin file which contains
| > the java RPM package.
| >
| > You will have to extract the RPM package from the .bin file in a
| > terminal window as root, so you will have to make it executable first.
| >
| > Open a terminal window.
| >
| > Switch to your desktop directory:
| > Enter: 'cd Desktop' [no quotes]
| >
| > Switch to the root user:
| > Enter: 'su' [no quotes].
| > Enter your root password when requested.
| >
| > Make the .bin file executable, then extract the RPM package:
| > For 'J2SE(TM) Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 4':
| > Enter 'chmod +x ./jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586.bin' [no quotes].
| > Enter './jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586.bin' [no quotes],
| >
| > For 'Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition 1.4.2_09':
| > Enter 'chmod +x ./j2re-1_4_2_09-linux-i586-rpm.bin' [no quotes].
| > Enter './j2re-1_4_2_09-linux-i586-rpm.bin' [no quotes].
| >
| > You should read their terms.
| > To extract the RPM:
| > Enter: 'yes <ENTER>' [no quotes] when asked to accept.
| >
| > After the RPM file has been extracted, you can install it with the
| > Software Installer from within KDE filemanager. Keep the terminal
| > window open. You will need it later.
| >
| > In filemanager, navigate to '~/Desktop'.
| >
| > Alt-Click the RPM package.
| >
| > Move the mouse cursor to 'Open With ...' in the context menu
| >
| > Select 'Software Installer' in the pop out menu.
| >
| > Click the 'Install' button
| >
| > Enter your root password when requested.
| >
| > The Software Installer will install the java package correctly for you.
| >
| > Click the 'Done' button.
| >
| > Java is now installed on your computer.
| >
| > Create a link between the java plugin and Firefox as root using the
| > terminal window.
| >
| > Switch to the Firefox plugins directory:
| > Enter: 'cd /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-1.0.6/plugins' [no quotes].
| >
| > For 'J2SE(TM) Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 4', create the link:
| > Enter: 'ln /usr/java/jre1.5.0_04/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
| > <ENTER>' [no quotes]
| >
| > For 'Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition 1.4.2_09', create
| > the link:
| > Enter: 'ln
| > /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_09/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so
| > <ENTER>' [no quotes].
| >
| > The next time you open firefox, java should work correctly.
| >
| > You can delete the .bin and the RPM files since they are no longer
| > needed. I check the Sun WEB site about once a month for updates. If you
| > choose, you can keep the RPM file in the location of your choice to
| > avoid re-downloading the same package in the event of calamity.
| >
| > HTH,
|
| Many thanks for this. After a lot of mucking around I did finally get
| it going using the ln -s for the link. Thanks for this excellent
| tutorial.
You are welcome. I did correct the command in the twiki to be
'ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_09/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so'.
I usually set up links in KDE's filemanager, and I forgot to add the symbolic
parameter in the original email. Sorry it added difficulty, but happy it was
helpfull.
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Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ICQ 41060744
Registered Linux User 247790
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