Solved: Mozilla 1.3 and Java plugin

[Paul Scott <paslist@ultrasw.com>]

Gary Hennigan wrote:

> I had a similar problem with the Moz 1.2 I'm using on my
> unstable/testing system. The solution that was suggested to me here my
> a kind user was to get the 1.4 jdk compiled with gcc 3.2 and then I
> just copied over the java plugin. You can find the a Java 1.4
> distribution, compiled with gcc 3.2, at
>
> ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown/JDK-1.4.1/i386/01/
>
> get the file j2re-1.4.1-01-linux-i586-gcc3.2.bin. Run it (it's a
> self-extracting shell-script) and then go into 
>
> j2re1.4.1/plugin/i386/mozilla
>
> and copy javaplugin_oji.so to your mozilla plugin directory.
Or do a symlink as often recommended.

> Again, this is for Moz 1.2, not sure if it'll work with 1.3.
I was downloading as this thread was happening.  I have just installed 
it and it works for Mozilla 1.3.4 from Sid.  Installation was almost as 
easy as apt-get.

Paul Scott