Firefox 1.0.1 and Java 1.5 plugin: no go
The Java 1.5 plugin worked fine with version v1.0 of Firefox. However, the new Firefox v1.0.1 crashes when I create a symbolic link to /usr/java/jre1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7-gcc29/libjavaplugin_oji.so
in either /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ or ~/.mozilla/plugins. Anyone else encountered this problem? Any workarounds for it? I am running Fedora Core 3 with kernel 2.6.10-1.770. |
Reboot that sucker and see how you go. I had the same problem.
/usr/java/jre1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7-gcc29/libjavaplugin_oji.so change this to /usr/java/jre1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so yeah baby. Regards Chris |
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I also would like Java....
Could either of you flesh out the steps between "download 1.5"...
including how to symbolically 'link' the file? I am only an egg. |
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To symbolically link (like a windows shortcut only more powerful): Code:
ln -s <original file> <link directory> If you're using firefox and it puts itself in /usr/local/firefox then just change the second bit accordingly. This is most likely the case if you installed firefox from a tarball and put it somewhere non-standard (but frankly more sensible) By the way, just about everything has a manual page. Type man <command> to get the page up. q to quit. e.g. man ln will give you the man page for the ln command. |
First let me apologize for my ignorance...
Okay: "man ln" does indeed give a terse and no doubt accurate description of parameters and actions for the Linux command, 'ln'.
...which sadly is meaningless to me even though I am an experienced MASM and TurboPascal programmer. Perhaps you could recommend a friendly tutorial on the *PURPOSE* and uses of the 'ln' command as opposed to the syntax. It sure sounded like it could be part of a series of steps for creating a 'launcher' in Linuxese, which they tell me is some kind of equivalent to a pointer to an .exe file in Windows. (I hate to keep using Windows as a translating language, but what can I do?) "Lemme esplain - no there isn't time: lemme sum up:" >>"like a windows shortcut only more powerful" (quite the teaser but leaves me in the dark) >> "creates a symbolic link to the 1st file in the folder..." (a frightening thought! How could such a random act luck out and be useful? Wouldn't you want to somehow control what file was the target of a 'link' whatever a link is? I know this completely betrays my ignorance of Linux thinking, but can you not pity one who is used to 'right-clicking' on an .exe file and getting a movable 'pointer' to it instantly?) "...are there no workhouses? Are there no prisons?" - Msr Scrooge... |
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ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins For a summary of linking: http://burks.bton.ac.uk/burks/linux/rute/node15.htm |
Im puzzled. This thread is about Firefox 1.0.1 or Mozilla? Cause most (all I think) answers are for Mozilla.
The problem with Firefox 1.0.1 and Java 1.5 should be fixed by doing this: Code:
ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/firefox-1.0.1/plugins Just trying to clarify this a bit. |
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The answers above were more about linking as that's what was asked for by one of the later posters. |
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