Re: j2re - A way to make it work with Mozilla ?
On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 12:44:40AM +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote:
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> Marcin Kurek <morgoth6@box43.pl> writes:
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> > I wonder is there any way to have a working Java plugin for Mozilla or
> > any other browser ? It seems to be a quite hard to find a j2re
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> Not at the moment.
>
> > for PowerPC CPU's, I was able to found at last 3 solutions:
> >
> > - blackdown j2re 1.3.1 (http://blackdown.com/)
> >
> > This one have a Mozilla plugin, but current Mozilla simple ignore the
> > symbolic link created by this instalation. At last on my system :/
> >
> > Anyone have it working normaly ?
>
> I think the problem is that blackdown is built with older gcc (not ABI
> compatible with Mozilla). A possible solution (but I haven't try and
> it's not really acceptable) is to rebuild Mozilla with Gcc 2.95!
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> > - IBM j2re 1.4.1 (https://www6.software.ibm.com/dl/lxdk/lxdk-p)
>
> no java plugin for powerpc I think.
>
> > - kaffe (www.kaffe.org)
> >
> > This is included in standard Debian repository and can be easy
> > installed, but unfortunatly there is no Mozilla plugin too.
> >
> > I was able to trace a plugin for Mozilla/Netscaps for kaffe
> > (http://www.kaffe.org/ftp/pub/packages/kaffe-mozilla-oji) but I can't
> > even compile it :/
>
> Also javax.swing.* and other packages are not finished.
>
> > Is there any solution to have Java enabled browser for PowerPC Debian
> > instalation now ?
>
> No. I know some person proposed helping to finish the plugin for
> Mozilla. If you want to help, you can get in touch with the kaffe dev
> team (kaffe@kaffe.org), they are very responsive and cool.
If you feel like it, contact Dalibor Topic, i meet him in Luxembourg in
october, and we tried to work some on the pegasos i brought with me.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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