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Re: sun-java6-plugin on amd64



On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 07:55:34PM -0500, jagginess wrote:
> Alex Samad wrote:
> >On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 02:58:44PM -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote:
> >>I can't seem to get the Java6 plugin working on my 64-bit
> >>testing/unstable system. I have the following installed:
> >>
> >>    sun-java6-bin                                   install
> >>    sun-java6-jre                                   install

[snip]

> >>and yet Iceweasel steadfastly refuses to acknowledge the java6 plugin in
> >>about:plugins. Has anyone actually gotten the 64-bit java6 plugin to
> >>work, and if so, what is the missing incantation?
> >
> >
> >update-alternatives --display  iceweasel-javaplugin.so
> >iceweasel-javaplugin.so - manual mode
> > link currently points to
> > /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/amd64/gcjwebplugin.so
> > /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so - priority 63
> > Current `best' version is
> > /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so.
> >
> alex, your current one isn't pointing to sun's.. note the "gcj" in
> the plugin name means it isn't from sun..

yes true, must have done a gcj update recently always seems to point
back to there

> todd, try to confirm if you have similarly what alex has, but of
> course make sure your link is about the javaplugin..
> 
> as a quick test, you can use in the url box-> "about:plugins"
> 
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