Re: How to install Java in Mozilla under Debian?
Wow - I had forgotten to Enable Java in Mozilla's preferences. I can't believe
I did that. Nevertheless, things are still not working properly. I can now view
java applets with the APPLET tag. (I assume the plugin is responsible for
this.) Yet I still cannot view the ControlPanel.html file to configure the
plugin. Also, all the applets are coming up in separate windows, rather than
remaining part of the window that created them. This is quite a nuisance. How
do I fix this, especially if I can't get to the ControlPanel? and how can I get
there?
Thanks in advance.
- Jimmy Kaplowitz
jimmy@kaplowitz.org
On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 10:37:47AM -0500, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
> I have Sun's JDK 1.3 and 1.3.0_01, not Blackdown's. Java works fine outside
> of Mozilla, and even in Netscape 4 with the plugin. But when I tried to follow
> your suggestion and linked the Netscape 4 plugin to the Mozilla directory,
> it crashed whenever I went to about:plugins or a Java page. The Netscape 6 /
> Mozilla plugin that comes with JDK 1.3.0_01 does not crash Mozilla, and it
> shows up in the about:plugins page, but Java pages still prompt me to install
> the plugin. What could be wrong?
>
> Is the problem that I'm using the Debian package of Mozilla, which is not
> a nightly build but release M18, package revision number 3? If so, how do I
> install either a nightly build or Mozilla 0.7 in a shared, write-protected
> (for normal users) directory such as /usr/local/mozilla or /usr/lib/mozilla?
> The release notes say to install it separately for each user.
>
> - Jimmy Kaplowitz
> jimmy@kaplowitz.org
>
> On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 01:21:31AM -0500, Sean wrote:
> > On Saturday 03 February 2001 19:52, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
> > > Hello. I have Debian unstable - reasonably current - and therefore Mozilla
> > > M18-3. I've downloaded Sun's Java 2 SDK 1.3.0_01, which includes the Java
> > > Plugin for Netscape 6/Mozilla. How do I install this plugin to work best
> > > with the Debian Mozilla setup, which of course is shoehorned into the
> > > Debian pattern (very admirably, might I add)? All my attempts have resulted
> > > in the Java Plugin showing up in Mozilla's about:plugins listing but me
> > > still being prompted to install the plugin when I visit the JRE's
> > > ControlPanel.html, which uses the plugin.
> > >
> > > Any and all help is appreciated.
> > >
> > > - Jimmy Kaplowitz
> > > jimmy@kaplowitz.org
> >
> > I'm using the nightly builds of Mozilla ... so my mozilla directory is
> > /usr/local/mozilla. That out of the way, the easiest way to get java on your
> > machine, IMO is to add a sources.list line ... I use
> >
> > deb ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian
> > woody non-free
> >
> > After running an update, you can do an apt-get install j2sdk1.3 ... when it
> > gets done downloading you'll have a
> > /usr/lib/j2re1.3/plugin/i386/javaplugin.so file. What I do is make a symlink
> > to this file ... i.e. ln -si /usr/lib/j2re1.3/plugin/i386/javaplugin.so
> > /usr/local/mozilla/plugins/
> >
> > When Mozilla fires up, it now has Java support. Most java things work fine
> > over here.
> >
> > Sean
> >
> >
> > --
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>
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