Java plugin confusion
 

I am running Debian 2.6.8.1. I have mozilla 1.6. I downloaded the java sdk 1.5.0 and installed it correctly.

For the java plugin, I made a sym link as root from /jsdk1.5.0/jre/plugin/i386/ns7-gcc29/libjavaplugin_oji.so to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/. I checked the directory and its in there with my flash plugin that works. When I restart mozilla about::plugins doesn't see it! I tried the same procedure except with the ns7 directory, no luck. Any ideas?

Maybe the plugin architecture has changed since Mozilla 1.6? I only use Firefox and have libjavaplugin_oji in /opt/firefox/plugins pointing to /usr/jdk1.5.0/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so which works for me. Perhaps you should upgrade.

looks like he installed the Software Developement Kit, which then his link would be correct.

remove the link and try again, I had a problem where it didn't work the first time, most likely cause I missed a letter somewhere.

and the direct path is supposed to be

/usr/lib/mozilla-1.6/plugins/

not /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

thye mozilla directory is actually a sym link to the mozilla-1.6 directory iirc. :)

try the path i gave ya, see what happens. but make sure you get rid of the old sym link first.

Ok, here's what worked for me. I linked the ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so to /root/.mozilla/plugins/. I may have had to create the plugins directory there, not sure. Then I restarted mozilla and it worked.