Java Issues

odd · 05-01-2004, 04:51 PM

Hi, I've been trying to get firefox to recognise my java plugin for 3 days now without any success. I've followed numerous threads for help but nothing works. So far ive:

edited my bash_profile to point to /usr/java/jre1..blarblar

created a plugin in the firefox/plugins directory

and pretty much everything else i can think of

which java returns /usr/bin/java

my java executable is actually in: usr/java/jre1...blarblar

It's really giving me a headache ! someone please HELP

Andrew Benton · 05-01-2004, 05:33 PM

OK, but you'll need to fill it all in, where exactly is java? /usr/java/jre1...fill in the rest please.

odd · 05-01-2004, 05:41 PM

/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_04/bin

Mega Man X · 05-01-2004, 05:50 PM

Hi odd!!!

All you've to do is to create a symlink from Java plugin to Firefox plugin. Here is an example:

Code:

ln -s /usr/local/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/local/firefox/plugins/

that's all, nothing more, nothing less

odd · 05-01-2004, 06:02 PM

Ive already done that but still when i go to places like, games.yahoo.com, sportinglife.com i get a pop up saying i need x-java-vm to run them

Mega Man X · 05-01-2004, 06:05 PM

very strange. Did you re-start the browser after running the above example? There could be also a problem with your JRE. Try downloading a new one or reinstalling. Looks like all Sun's stuff works randomly, that goes for JRE, SDK and Netbeans :S

odd · 05-01-2004, 06:16 PM

Im re downloading java now but, the plugin in my firefox plugins directory has a little padlock icon below the regular file icon? is it supposed to have this if not could this be part of the problem?

odd · 05-01-2004, 06:33 PM

Ok ive redownloaded/ installed java, remade the plugin in my /usr/lib/firefox/plugins directory still doesnt work

yofuzzy · 05-01-2004, 10:49 PM

I am having the same problem ..
I tried what you said to do Megaman but is said that the file already existed in the folder.

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Andrew Benton · 05-02-2004, 03:40 AM

Try making the symbolic link in your mozilla profile. Firefox scans your mozilla profile for plugins automatically. Even if you haven't installed mozilla, Firefox will install a .mozilla folder in your home folder.

Code:

mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins
cd ~/.mozilla/plugins
ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_04/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so libjavaplugin_oji.so

I prefer to put plugins in that folder as they stay there. If I update Firefox I delete the old one and then I have to remember to reinstall the plugins. For any lurkers out there, that path is specific to the version and location given by odd in post #3. If you have a different version or if it's in a different location change the path or that command won't work, the symbolic link will be pointing into empty space if the path isn't correct.

odd · 05-02-2004, 05:44 AM

YAY ! Thankyou so much for helping, this has been irritating me for days, as soon as i made the link file in ~/.mozilla/plugins it worked.

LinuxNoob17 · 05-03-2004, 02:34 PM

I had the same problem, and the way i made my java work was instead of putting

ln -s /usr/local/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so

i put

ln -s /usr/local/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so

i used the ns610 instead of ns610-gcc32 (Maybe that is yoru problem)