To All:

I am having trouble getting java to work with Firefox.
Fyi, I have Xandros 2.0 which use linux kernel 2.4.22-x1.
On Firefox FAQ, it tells me to install JRE 1.4.2. So on
Sun's website, http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html,
I downloaded J2EE 1.4 SDK, a file named

j2eesdk-1_4-linux.bin

[I hope I downloaded the right file - correct me if I didn't.]

On a terminal I ran

./j2eesdk-1_4-linux.bin

and it successfully installed on

$HOME/SunWappserver2 .

Now what? I need to add java plugin into firefox, but
how?

Where is the Mozilla Firefox plugins directory? I.e.,
firefox FAQ gives:

change to your Mozilla Firefox plugins directory

Also, I have no directory,

/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_05/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so,

so how can I link it (the firefox FAQ wants to link this)???

[I'm confused. The firefox FAQ keeps talking about
JRE 5.0 RPM instead of JRE 1.4.2.]

Sheng-Chieh

You have to install the virtual machine (Java VM)
It's on java.sun.com.

Firefox plugins are installed in the
<where you installed firefix>/firefox/plugins directory.

the base firefox diretory is where you untarred you firefox tarball

you normally don't copy the files to it, just link it from the source .. so if you donwload java vm, then pick up

libjavaplugin_oji.so

and link it here

hope this helps

I have the same problem, i downloaded the j2sdk 1.4 and tried to install it, but somehow it does not.

I did the following

1. chmod +x j2sdk-_4_2_06-linux-i586-rpm.bin
2. The first step creates the .rmp with the same name.
3. I tried then to make or make install but something like bash not found or something like that. appeared.

What do i do now?

Thank you for replying.

It still not working. Maybe I did something wrong.
I link it using

ln -s ~/SUNWappserver2/jdk/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so .

in the firefox plugin directory,

~/xdisk/download/firefox/firefox-installer/plugins .

So now

ls -l ~/xdisk/download/firefox/firefox-installer/plugins

gets

lrwxrwxrwx 1 shengchieh shengchieh 75 2004-10-25 10:59 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /home/shengchieh/SUNWappserver2/jdk/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 shengchieh shengchieh 18840 2004-10-01 11:55 libnullplugin.so

Java still does not work on Firefox. Did I do something wrong or missing something else?

Sheng-Chieh

Sheds: You can't chmod on rpm files and hope anything will happen.

To install binary rpms .. you have to use rpm command.
in your case .. rpm -ivh java-----what-ever---rpm---bin will do it.


Sheng.

I don't konw your setup, but please make sure that you are runnign "firefox" from the directory where you put the plug in.

I can't see why this won't be working.

I ran rpm -ivh j2sdk....rpm and it says the package is already installed. I guess that i am missing the plugin part for mozilla. Where do i tell mozilla to start using the jvm that comes with the entire j2sdk package? Or am i completely lost?

I started again, but still no success. I downloaded

j2re-1_4_2_06-linux-i586-rpm.bin .

logged in as root using su. Typed

rpm -ivh j2re-1_4_2_06-linux-i586-rpm.bin

and then linked into the firefox plugin directory, i.e., used

ln -s /opt/j2re1.4.2_01/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so .

in the firefox plugins directory.
So now

ls -l ~/xdisk/download/firefox/firefox-installer/plugins

gets

lrwxrwxrwx 1 shengchieh shengchieh 75 2004-10-25 10:59 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /opt/j2re1.4.2_01/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 shengchieh shengchieh 18840 2004-10-01 11:55 libnullplugin.so

I also tried running firefox from the plugins directory, i.e., in

~/xdisk/download/firefox/firefox-installer/plugins

I ran

../firefox .

Everything looks correct, but still no java with firefox. So now, I'm trying to
figure out what else may have gone wrong.

The version of gcc is higher than the requested 3.2.3, i.e.,

gcc -v

gives

gcc version 3.3.2 20031005 (Debian prerelease) .

What else should I be checking?

Thanks in advanced for any help/suggestion.

Sheng-Chieh

Well, I hadn't done this for a while, so had to look back.

You should use Java Run Time Env. .. .5.0 version is the current


Cut and paste the link below.

http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/...actionId=noreg

into your browser and it will take you to the sun site.

Select
Either of the files .. (for Linux) .. the one with only .bin extension will have to be run to create the rpm file .. so it's better to get the rpm itself

Isntall the RPM ..

I don't remember it .. but I think it asks you where you want to install .. and you should be able to do that.

rpm command doesn't tell you much .. if you want more info use -vv in the command line like rpm -ivvh

let me know if it helps.

you can always reinstall package with rpm ..
rpm -e removes previous install (if ther e is no conflict)

rpm -U upgrades (to a newver version)

go to the directory where the firefox extracted/installed and type this:

ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_05/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so

remember remove the current link you created...


cheers

If I remember correctly, there should be a folder in your home directory ".firefox". In order to see this you will have to select "show hidden files" from the View option on your menu bar (KDE).
In this folder is your plugins folder. Look and make sure.
If you have located your plugin folder, open a terminal and cd to the plugin folder. Next, type:

ln -s /fullpathnametojavaplugin

This should take care of things

I just followed these instructions a few minutes ago, and Java is now installed and working!

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...171#post921171

Thanks to everybody for helping! I finally got java working with
Firefox. I reinstalled firefox and j2re1.4.2_06 into /usr/local/
as root using the techique from the link given by bad-andy, i.e.,

http://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...1171#post921171

Again, thanks!

Sheng-Chieh

Glad to help out. That might've been my first useful contribution to this forum. Maybe I'm moving from "newbie" status to "semi-newbie". Yes! I'm so proud!