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06-29-2005, 10:08 AM
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Member
Registered: May 2005
Location: CT
Distribution: Lubuntu
Posts: 32
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Continually prompted to install Java on Firefox
I installed Java last night and (I thought) successfully linked it. Sun's instructions are to do
Code:
# ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.5.0/plugins/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
I did, then says it still needs to be installed.
I checked out http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/faq#q2.2 and they are suggesting instead of ns7, to use
Code:
# ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.5.0/plugins/i386/ns7-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so
- I will try that tonight when I get home.
Last edited by broggyr; 06-29-2005 at 01:35 PM.
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06-29-2005, 10:26 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Oct 2003
Posts: 3,057
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It looks like you forgot to finish the command and tell it what to link to. On my box, that command would look like this....
Code:
ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.5.0/plugins/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/firefox-1.0.4/plugins
If you feel more comfy doing it visually, you can open the konqueror file browser and go to the
/usr/java/j2re1.5.0/plugins/i386/ns7 folder and drag the libjavaplugin_oji.so down to /usr/lib/firefox-1.0.4/plugins . Then you select link here as the option.
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06-29-2005, 11:16 AM
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Member
Registered: May 2005
Location: CT
Distribution: Lubuntu
Posts: 32
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When I was following Sun's directions, they say to cd to the firefox plugins directory first - so I didn't think I had to add the firefox plugins path (since I was there already)... Will that work?
Quote:
If you feel more comfy doing it visually, you can open the konqueror file browser and go to the
/usr/java/j2re1.5.0/plugins/i386/ns7 folder and drag the libjavaplugin_oji.so down to /usr/lib/firefox-1.0.4/plugins . Then you select link here as the option. [/B]
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Didn't even think of that I'll try that instead/also
Last edited by broggyr; 06-29-2005 at 11:18 AM.
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06-29-2005, 12:55 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Oct 2003
Posts: 3,057
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Quote:
When I was following Sun's directions, they say to cd to the firefox plugins directory first - so I didn't think I had to add the firefox plugins path (since I was there already)... Will that work?
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If you are going do do something in the present directory like copy or link or whatever, then you can use a period ( . ) at the end of the command instead of the full path to the destination.
For example:
Code:
cd /usr/lib/firefox-1.0.4/plugins
ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.5.0/plugins/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
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06-29-2005, 01:34 PM
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Member
Registered: May 2005
Location: CT
Distribution: Lubuntu
Posts: 32
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I went back to their instructions, and yep, that period is at the end (after a space). The only difference between Sun's directions & Firefox's directions now is the ns7 folder vs. ns7-gcc32 folder.
Can't wait to get home & give it a try
Thanks for all your input
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06-29-2005, 05:10 PM
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Member
Registered: May 2005
Location: CT
Distribution: Lubuntu
Posts: 32
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Just successfully linked java - I was missing the last " ." at the end of the line -- me java be workin' now -- many thanks!!
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06-29-2005, 05:17 PM
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Senior Member
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Glad you got it going!
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07-05-2005, 11:05 AM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2005
Location: France / Ireland
Distribution: Debian mainly, and Ubuntu
Posts: 542
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Thanks to all of you.
It's now working for me as well
I have Firefox V1.0.4
but when i use the version ns7-gcc32 Firefox doesn't start any more so i use ns7 see below:
"ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_04/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so ."
So now i have an other question.
Does any one know the diffrence between ns7-gcc32 and ns7 and how do you know witch one you have to use with out having a gess?
Last edited by angel115; 07-05-2005 at 11:14 AM.
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07-05-2005, 12:06 PM
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Member
Registered: May 2005
Location: CT
Distribution: Lubuntu
Posts: 32
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Yep, to clarify, I ended up using the "plain old" ns7 directory as opopsed to the ns7-gcc29 one - worked fine
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08-04-2005, 09:09 AM
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#10
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2005
Posts: 1
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Just a side note...
ln -s puts the link in the current working directory implicitly. (At least for my FC3...)
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