Re: Java has stopped working
On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:09:24 -0700
Marc Shapiro <mshapiro_42@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I just realized that java is no longer functioning on my up-to-date
> Etch system. I had installed Sun Java using java-package and it had
> been working at the time. I don't run java all that much, so I don't
> know just when it stopped working, but it is not working now. I have
> used the test on Sun's site and it does not find my installation.
> JAVA_HOME had been set to /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun. When Sun's own site
> could not find my installation I decided that it was time to
> uninstall and reinstall fresh. I ran:
>
> aptitude remove sun_j2sdk1.5
>
> aptitude suggested installing what appears to be Debian java packages
> to replace the Sun package. I agreed and the installation seemed to
> go smoothly, but I am still unable to run java packages, from Sun's
> site, or others. Do I need a plugin of some sort? When I tried to
> install sun-java5-plugin aptitude wanted to install Iceweasle. Since
> I am happily running Firefox 2.0 I do not want to install Iceweasle.
> How do I get around this?
>
> Can someone tell me what I might be missing, or point me in the right
> direction?
>
You will certainly need a Java plugin to run Java programs in your
browser. Iceweasel *is* Firefox 2 (more or less), so achieving that
will be so much easier if you use the Debian packages instead of
vanilla Firefox.
--
Liam
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