Java Plugin for Firefox on FC3

green_squirrel · 02-19-2005, 02:15 AM

OK, Anyone want to give step-by-step instructions on getting the Java Plugin to work with Firefox on a Fedora 3 system?

My current system is up to date, but the Java seems to be a problem for me.

reddazz · 02-19-2005, 03:24 AM

You need to create a symlink to your java plugin as follows,
#ln -s /opt/jdk1.5.0_01/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/local/firefox/plugins/
change the paths so that they are the same as the ones on your system.

rickict · 02-20-2005, 08:18 AM

hi reddaz is do you have any ideas why after installing JRE and it works fine on the internet. and when typing about

lugins in browser bar i get all the right java plugin info .
all seems well but if at a bash shell i type $ java -version i get an error. and when i try to install a RPM that needs java as a dependent it will not install saying that java is not installed is there some link missing somewhere? any help would be great thanks

reddazz · 02-20-2005, 09:10 AM

What version of java did you install and what type of package was it. If you didn't install an rpm, then it won't be recognised by RPM as being installed.

rickict · 02-20-2005, 01:23 PM

thanks for reply
I installed Java using RPM the java ver is 1.5.0_01
the program im trying to install is saying that it needs 1.4 but this souldn't matter i wouldn't have thought, should it ???
but by typing $ java -version should i get a reponse from this command ??

reddazz · 02-20-2005, 01:38 PM

Nope not necessarily, you need to add the following to your .bash_profile
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_01/bin
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_01/jre/bin
If the program needs java 1.4, there is a chance that it maky work with 1.5. You can force the installation (rpm -Uvh --force --nodeps) then try to run the program and if it doesn't run, post the errors.

rickict · 02-20-2005, 03:00 PM

thanks very much after setting my path i was able to get $ java -version to work (not that thats a big deal. but its nice to know WHY stuff doesn't work) anyway i still had to force the RPM installation but it worked a treat.
thanks again

The_eXXe · 02-20-2005, 04:24 PM

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