Re: Mozilla and Java Plugin (Installed & working)

[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

The blackdown debs downloaded and installed no problems.

I did not need to make any symlinks, the debs took care of it all.
It just works in Mozilla.

Thanks to all who replied, I've filed the replies, esp so I can get going 
using Jabber at some later date.

Regards
Bob Parker