Re: Help with java in firefox

[Jim Lynch <jwl@sgi.com>]

Andrea Vettorello wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:56:55 -0400, Jim Lynch <jwl@sgi.com> wrote:
>  
>
> > Same thing with testing.  I installed the plugin three different ways
> > and firefox still doesn't know about them.
> > 1. I clicked on the window that said "to install plugin click here" or
> > words to that effect.  That put the .so file in /usr/local/xxx somewhere
> > I believe.
> > 2. I got the jre14 from Sun as the plugin faq suggested and followed the
> > faq instructions.  I put the .so file in the "system" location per the
> > instructions.
> > 3.  I copied the .so file into my ~/.mozilla/plugins directory
> >
> > None of those methods did a thing.
> >
> >    
>
> You probably need to copy/link the libjavaplugin_oji.so in
> /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/, to do this in a clean way i suggest
> you to install the "java-package" and use it to build a Debian package
> from the SUN SDK or JRE tarball...
>
>
> Andrea\

I probably didn't make myself clear, since I did it at home and I'm

posting from work.  That's the file I was pushing around to the
different places.  I'm pretty sure it's in the right place from the
instructions in the FAQ, but I'll confirm that tonight.



Thanks,

Jim.