Re: can't get the java plugin to work in mozilla
On Thursday 22 May 2003 05:57 pm, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 04:51:33PM -0400, Jeremy Petzold wrote:
> > I went to the plugin spot at netscape and looked up the java plugin
> > for mozilla, clicked on the button and it said that it installed
> > succesfuly.
>
> ick poo. Their installer rarely if ever works for plugins. Themes seem
> fine, plugins hork almost everytime.
>
> > the problem is that it does not seem to know it is installed or it is
> > not working. mozilla does not have it registered in the about
> > plugins(my flash plugin is) and I cannot load any web appets.
> >
> > does anyone have any ideas or experienced similar problems? if so what
> > did you do?
>
> Download Sun's JRE package and place it in /usr/local/jre, create
> a symlink from /usr/local/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so to
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. Then make sure you have libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1
> installed.
>
> --
> Jamin W. Collins
>
> Remember, root always has a loaded gun. Don't run around with it unless
> you absolutely need it. -- Vineet Kumar
I think the problems I was having were related to the glibc you told me to
get. I di dnot have it installed on the system. I will attempt it again,
thanks
jeremy
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