Re: Subject: Re: mozilla/unstable + java-jvm = crash

[Tom Allison <tallison@tacocat.net>]

Tom Allison wrote:
> Helmut Steinwender wrote:
>
> > I had the same problem. Mozilla.org states that JRE 1.3.x may not work.
> > See http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.2/#java
> > Try JRE1.4 from 
> > ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian
> > It works for me
> >
> > ________________________________________________________________________
>
>
> bash-2.05a$ sudo dpkg -i j2re1.4_1.4.0.99beta-1_i386.deb
> (Reading database ... 68206 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace j2re1.4 1.4.0.99beta-1 (using 
> j2re1.4_1.4.0.99beta-1_i386.deb) ...
> Do you agree to the above license terms? [yes or no] yes
> Unpacking replacement j2re1.4 ...
> Setting up j2re1.4 (1.4.0.99beta-1) ...
> update-alternatives: unable to make 
> /usr/lib/mozilla-cvs/plugins/javaplugin_oji.so.dpkg-tmp a symlink to 
> /etc/alternatives/javaplugin_oji-mozilla-cvs.so: No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing j2re1.4 (--install):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  j2re1.4
>
> mozilla-cvs??


I did go back to metalab.unc.edu and grab the j2re1.3 and that's working OK 
for me now.

Thanks very much for the link.  It (eventually) did the trick very well.

BTW: The package j2re-common is only found on this metalab.unc.edu link and 
was not a part of the normal sources.list packages.


--
No man can have a reasonable opinion of women until he has long lost
interest in hair restorers.
	-- Austin O'Malley