Re: installing java plugin in browsers other than Iceweasel in amd64 etch
On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:56:08 +0000
"Michael Fothergill" <mikef20000@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Debianists,
>
> I use Debian Etch 4.0 r1 (amd64) on an amd64 box. I use Iceweasel.
> I installed the gcj java plugin that is available as a deb file into
> Iceweasel and it works after a fashion.
>
> But not perfectly. I have found that a number of distillation
> calculation applets I have used don't work at all or not properly.
>
> I found this by comparing the results of running the applets in a
> WIndows environment that an IT manager I know uses......
>
> They all work correctly for him.
>
> I then went to the Blackdown site and replaced the gcj plugin with
> the amd64 java plugin that Blackdown provide.
>
> It took quite a bit of farting around to achieve this.
>
> What is interesting (at least to me) is that the errors in the
> applets are identical whether I am using the gcj plugin or the
> Blackdown plugin......
>
> I mentioned this to the IT guy. He wondered whether the java I am
> using might actually be fine, but something in the browser is
> preventing the applets from being displayed properly.
>
> He suggested trying a different browser.
>
> I assume (and please could you confirm) that the code in for the gcj
> java plugin and the Blackdown plugin are different enough from each
> other that they wouldn't necessarily produce exactly the same errors
> in the display and functioning of these applets.
>
> If that is true then perhaps it is indirect evidence that there is
> something not quite right with the browser in some way.....
>
> If this is the case, what other browsers are there available in etch
> 4.0 amd64 land (Epiphany is one I think) and in particular which ones
> are different enough to Iceweasel in code and java display technology
> that I might expect to get different (maybe better) results with
> these applets in my case?
>
> The gcj deb file seems to be automatically installed in Iceweasel.
> How do you get apt to install it in e.g. Epiphany or other browsers?
>
> Comments appreciated
>
> Michael Fothergill
>
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Two suggestions:
1. Get Java directly from java.com! It is newer than the one packaged
in Etch. (Version 5 Update 6 vs. Version 6 Update 2)
2. Try Opera. It's quite simple to install the Java plugin for it, you
simply have to specify the path to your Java installation.
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