PLEASE HELP WITH INSTALLING JAVA VM ON REDHAT 9.0!!!

1 - Please, don't use upper cases like that: IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE SHOUTING AT US.
2 - You've to first tell you what you are trying to do, that could be anything: Where you downloaded Java VM, which version, how you are trying to install and why you could not install Java (errors, whatever).

Anyway, take a look at this thread:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...highlight=Java

post #3.
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hello every 1 i have just managed after 3 months to get java to show up in my mozilla plugins dir but
only as root user and when i attemt to go in to a site that require java, mozilla crashes.i am running redhat 9 and i installed "j2sdk-1_4_2_04" if any 1 can assist me any further i would appreciate it thanks.

Hi there master!!!

The reason because Mozilla is crashing is because you are using the wrong plugin. Some versions of Mozilla work with "ns610-gcc", while others with "ns610" only. Take a look at this post:

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

more precisely Step number 4.

Any problem, let me know.

Regards!

hello thanks 4 your reply now what i did was retype the link
"ln -s /usr/local/java/j2sdk1.4.2_04/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/local/mozilla/plugins"
the reply was file exists
so i then typed "n -s /usr/local/java/j2sdk1.4.2_04/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/local/mozilla/plugins"
the reply was file exists .
does this mean i have installed both" ns610 " and "ns610-gcc32" and that i need to delete one of them thanks 4 ur time

i was a bit slow just been reading ur thread again megaman "master!!!"
maybe i should change my username but 1 day u never know i might make it yet

So it's working? Cool. Otherwise, remove the link and make a new one

rm -rf /usr/local/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so

and then one of these shall work:

ln -s /usr/local/java/j2sdk1.4.2_04/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/local/mozilla/plugins

ln -s /usr/local/java/j2sdk1.4.2_04/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/local/mozilla/plugins

Cheers!

P.S: you nick is cool, and you should stick with it. And you are a master already, think that over 95% of the computers users has no idea what Linux is

hello megaman x what i did was type rm -rf /usr/local/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so
to remove the link i then reinstalled it with this command
"ln -s /usr/local/java/j2sdk1.4.2_04/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/local/mozilla/plugins"then when i go in to
"/usr/local/mozilla/plugins"
if i click on the libjavaplugin icon i see an error message which says
This link can't be used, because its target "/usr/local/java/j2sdk1.4.2_04/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so" doesn't exist. Do you want to move this link to the Trash?
how can it not exist if i can clearly see it in "about plugins" any more ideas to help
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Hey master!

Yeah, Java can be tough sometimes, thanks to Sun . It sounds like your JRE is broken, so we are better off starting fresh . This happens really often when you download things from them, also thanks for Sun (yeah, been having some hard times with Sun...lol).

I'd recommend you deleting you deleting your jre folder and installing a new one:

1 - Remove JRE:
2 - Download a new one from Sun's:
www.sun.com

Just don't download the .rpm, get .bin instead. You will have a hard time finding JRE in there, that site is even worse then Microsoft. Well, maybe because it's Sun .

3 - Move that file to /usr/local.
4 - Run the installer:
5 - A directory at /usr/local called j2re-xxx will be created. Make a symlink to Mozilla's directory plugin:

That hopefully will work. A few hints: I've noticed that you are using j2sdk. The Software Development Kit is only useful if you are going to program in Java. Otherwise, JRE will do and safe you some space . Another thing is, sometimes, if you make a link to /home/<you>/.mozilla/plugins instead of Mozilla location, it might work. Don't asl me why, but I bet Sun's know .

Good luck my friend!