Re: Phoenix with java ..
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 09:09:55PM -0800, nate wrote:
> I guess I deleted the mail from I think "Sandip" but I decided
> to try to get java working in phoenix 0.5 and it seems to work..
yes. it was me. it had been quite frustrating. finally, i decided to
check if there are any debian packages available. i have posted a
message recently.
> what I did:
>
> 1) install phoenix(I install to ~/phoenix)
same as me.
> 2) download java:
> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html
> (I downloaded the linux self extracting file)
so did i.
> 3) chmod +x the java file and run it, move the directory to /usr/local/java
ah ha. i had it extracted in /home/sandip/java. i think java needs to be
in the 'path'. here is output of echo $PATH:
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
could that be the reason?
> 4) exit phoenix
> 5) cd ~/phoenix/plugins
> 6) ln -s /usr/local/java/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> 7) start phoenix
identical - except the path to java
> 8) in url box type about:plugins to be sure it's loaded
i did not know this. i will try it out this time.
> 9) test it by going to:
> http://java.sun.com/openstudio/applets/clock.html
i went to some other site that runs java applet. i think it should not
matter.
> worked for me ....
did not work for me (TM) ;) but i will try again (TM) ;)
> nate
thanks for your help. just one question. if i have /usr/local in my
path, does it mean all subdirectories under /usr/local?
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regards,
sandip p deshmukh
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