Re: problems installing java

["Patrick Beard" <patrick@scotcomms.co.uk>]

> > Strange that it works, actually, because it *is* a bug. Firebird
> > simply crashes; others have had the same problem. I believe they've
> > worked out a fix for it, but ...
> >
> > So, wonder how come it works for you?
> > ... or why it doesn't work for me...

Firebird needs jre1.4.2 or later.

Create a folder in /usr/local then download into it the latest self
extracting jre form Sun.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

Run the self extracting archive you just downloaded. (root required)

Create a sym link for the plugin;
ln -s
/usr/local/yourfolder/j2re1.4.2_xx/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji
.so /path to firebird plugin folder/libjavaplugin_oji.so
(Note: Its the ns610-gcc32 plugin)

If you leave it like this firebird will crash. You need to run the
following;

update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java Java
/usr/local/yourfolder/jdk1.X/bin/java 120

Firebird should now play ball with Java

--
Patrick