Re: Mozilla and Java Plugin

[bob parker <bob_parker@dodo.com.au>]

On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 06:15, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 October 2002 20:30, Shawn Lamson wrote:
> > i just download the j2re bin from java.sun.com and unpack it to a
> > "random" directory - say /usr/share/j2re1.4.1 or something... the way
> > to link it to mozilla/netscape is by going to the
> > /usr/local/mozilla/plugins directory and doing
> > $ln -s /usr/share/j2re1.4.1/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> > <enter>
>
> I did something similar five minutes ago:
> First, for sources.list:
> # Java from Blackdown
> deb ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/java-linux/debian woody main non-free
>
> Then
> apt-get update
> apt-get install j2sdk1.3 j2re1.3 j2se-common
>
> Finally
> cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
> ln -s /usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i386/libjavaplugin_jni.so
>
> I don't know if this is the right plugin, though, as I said, I did this a
> few minutes ago, and I haven't tested... :-) (I installed Java for work on
> my server, not the client... :-) )
>
> Kjetil


Thanks for the tips on this.
I am trying out the Blackdown link for now, I'm on dialup so it's going to 
take an hour or so to download. If that doesn't do the trick I'll try the 
jabber method.
Many thaks to all who replied

Bob Parker