SUMMARY Re: [Fwd: Problem wth Java Runtime Environment Plugin for Iceweasel/Firefox...]
Greetings (again),
(I'm not sure if you are supposed to summarise your findings on these
lists, or whether you are supposed to top or bottom post,
but here goes...)
I sucessfully installed the new JRE plugin and got it going on
Iceweasel; Bigpond Office Word Editor applet and the Java Console
appear to working OK, here is a quick praise of what I did,
(basically RTFM):
0. Downloaded the self-extracting file called "jre-6u5-linux-i586.bin"
from http://java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp
1. Decompress (as root???):
cd /usr/share/java
chmod a+x jre-6u5-linux-i586.bin
./jre-6u5-linux-i586.bin
(you get the idea, am teaching you how to suck eggs???)
2. Set the Symlink:
cd /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins
ln -s /usr/share/java/jre1.6.0_05/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
3. Set up the Java console:
cd ../extensions/
unzip /usr/share/java/jre1.6.0_05/lib/deploy/ffjcext.zip
4. Arc up Iceweasel and wait for everything to load!!!
The Install instructions does not mention debian; it confines itself to
Red Hat and Suse...
Thankyou for your bandwidth,
CUL8r, fcG.
On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 03:09 +1000, Frank Charles Gallacher wrote:
> (I originally sent this to "debian-users" list. Sorry)
> email message attachment, "Forwarded message - Problem wth Java
> Runtime Environment Plugin for Iceweasel/Firefox..."
> > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > From: Frank Charles Gallacher <franxg@gmail.com>
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Problem wth Java Runtime Environment Plugin for
> > Iceweasel/Firefox...
> > Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:49:07 +1000
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > In attempt to wean myself off Microsoft Word, I am trying to run Bigpond
> > Office, which requires a JRE plugin installed for Iceweasel/2.0.0.13,
> > I am running "etch" kernel 2.6.18-6-686,
> > with gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)
> >
> > Reading the README that came with Iceweasel recommends:
> >
> > (snip)
> > using Java. (You should use plugin which compiled with gcc-3.2 or newer)
> > ----------
> >
> > You can install one of the following packages:
> > - gcjwebplugin,
> > - java-gcj-compat-plugin,
> > - sun-java5-plugin.
> >
> > Alternatively, you can grab a binary Java distribution from
> > http://java.sun.com/, install the java-package package and do a make-jpkg
> > on the file.
> >
> > The Install log follows:
> >
> > Script started on Thu 10 Apr 2008 01:41:02 EST
> > root@Ni:/home/franx# aptitude install java-gcj-compat-plugin
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree... Done
> > Reading extended state information
> > Initializing package states... Done
> > Reading task descriptions... Done
> > Building tag database... Done
> > The following NEW packages will be automatically installed:
> > fastjar gappletviewer-4.1 java-common java-gcj-compat libgcj7-awt
> > libgcj7-jar
> > The following NEW packages will be installed:
> > fastjar gappletviewer-4.1 java-common java-gcj-compat
> > java-gcj-compat-plugin libgcj7-awt libgcj7-jar
> > 0 packages upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> > Need to get 8229kB of archives. After unpacking 10.0MB will be used.
> > Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
> > Writing extended state information... Done
> > Get:1 http://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main fastjar 1:4.1.1-21 [146kB]
> > Get:2 http://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main libgcj7-awt 4.1.1-20 [80.2kB]
> > Get:3 http://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main gappletviewer-4.1 4.1.1-20 [13.9kB]
> > Get:4 http://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main java-common 0.25 [75.5kB]
> > Get:5 http://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main libgcj7-jar 4.1.1-20 [7900kB]
> > Get:6 http://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main java-gcj-compat 1.0.65-10 [12.1kB]
> > Get:7 http://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main java-gcj-compat-plugin 1.0.65-10 [1426B]
> > Fetched 8229kB in 7s (1075kB/s)
> > Selecting previously deselected package fastjar.
> > (Reading database ... 80601 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Unpacking fastjar (from .../fastjar_1%3a4.1.1-21_i386.deb) ...
> > Selecting previously deselected package libgcj7-awt.
> > Unpacking libgcj7-awt (from .../libgcj7-awt_4.1.1-20_i386.deb) ...
> > Selecting previously deselected package gappletviewer-4.1.
> > Unpacking gappletviewer-4.1 (from .../gappletviewer-4.1_4.1.1-20_i386.deb) ...
> > Selecting previously deselected package java-common.
> > Unpacking java-common (from .../java-common_0.25_all.deb) ...
> > Selecting previously deselected package libgcj7-jar.
> > Unpacking libgcj7-jar (from .../libgcj7-jar_4.1.1-20_all.deb) ...
> > Selecting previously deselected package java-gcj-compat.
> > Unpacking java-gcj-compat (from .../java-gcj-compat_1.0.65-10_i386.deb) ...
> > Selecting previously deselected package java-gcj-compat-plugin.
> > Unpacking java-gcj-compat-plugin (from .../java-gcj-compat-plugin_1.0.65-10_i386.deb) ...
> > Setting up fastjar (4.1.1-21) ...
> >
> > Setting up libgcj7-awt (4.1.1-20) ...
> > Setting up gappletviewer-4.1 (4.1.1-20) ...
> > Setting up java-common (0.25) ...
> >
> > Setting up libgcj7-jar (4.1.1-20) ...
> > Setting up java-gcj-compat (1.0.65-10) ...
> >
> > Setting up java-gcj-compat-plugin (1.0.65-10) ...
> >
> > root@Ni:/home/franx# exit
> >
> > Script done on Thu 10 Apr 2008 01:46:42 EST
> >
> > When I try to run the Java Applet (Bigpond Office Word Editor), I get the message:
> >
> > Loading Error:com.tf.applet.loader.a.m
> > For more information. please visitFAQ pages
> >
> > Using the Java Tester it recommends upgrading to Java 6 update 5;
> > I have downloaded a self-extracting file called "jre-6u5-linux-i586.bin"
> > from http://java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp
> >
> > I need to work out how to install this manually, as it would appear that
> > the aptitude package is out of date. The Install Instructions have a
> > section for configuring JRE for Firefox, involving frigging around with
> > symlinks, etc, etc...
> >
> > Please can anyone help me with:
> >
> > 1. How do I deinstall the plugin???
> > (is running "aptitude remove java-gcj-compat-plugin" the recommended
> > course of action???)
> >
> > 2. Are there any gotchas with the manual install of JRE 6???
> >
> > TIA, fcG.
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