Howto run a java-applet in Mozilla?

Schmurff · 03-30-2004, 06:03 PM

Hi folks,

I'm running Mdk9.2, and I have some problems to find the right stuff for running a java-applet in Mozilla.
If I want to view something, the space in the webpage remains empty.
Clicking on it results in this message:

cannot find "application/x-java-vm".

Where can I find this, and how do I get it working properly?

Thnx in advance for your replies...

Schmurff

AutOPSY · 03-30-2004, 06:37 PM

I would recommend www.google.com

mgatny · 03-30-2004, 06:47 PM

Do you have the java plugin installed? You can check by typing this into mozilla:
about: plugins

What version of mozilla? Do you have a java installed?

If you already have java installed, you can use the plugin that came with it -- as long as it was built with the same version of gcc that was used to build mozilla. The name of this file is libjavaplugin_oji.so, and it needs to be placed in your mozilla plugins directory. Try searching from the command line:
locate libjavaplugin_oji.so

... and if java is installed, you should see several search results similar to this one:
/opt/j2re1.4.2_02/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so

Copy or symlink that file to your mozilla plugins directory, which might be something like /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins or /opt/mozilla/plugins.

seanmaggs · 03-30-2004, 07:35 PM

Try renaming the files to just ***.so

*** means the normal file name without oji

Schmurff · 03-31-2004, 12:41 AM

Hi folks,

Thnx for your replies. It confuses me: I thought that Mozilla could not run without Java, and that it was already available with Mandrake 9.2.
I tried to find the file that mgatny told me to look for, but there was nothing.
So I tried "locate *java*" and I found a lot of java files, mostly kjava.
Now, can I just download Sun's JRE 1.4.2 and install it on my computer to enable java applets to be run?

Kind regards,

Schmurff

beejayzed · 03-31-2004, 03:51 AM

Check if /usr/java/ directory is there and that it has something seful in it. If it's not there then you can download Sun's JRE. Once it's installed go to /usr/java/jre???/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32(or similar). You'll find the plugin there. Copy this to /usr/lib/mozilla-1.6/plugins/ you'll probly wanna do this as root.

doralsoral · 03-31-2004, 09:37 AM

use www.blackdown.org java

Thetargos · 03-31-2004, 11:04 AM

Just get Java 1.2.4 from Sun's page, install it where ever you want, and add something like this to your /etc/profile (these are my settings):

Maybe somehing like this already is there, just add what you need for Java:

Code:

if [ $LD_LIBRARY_PATH ]
then
  if ! set | grep LD_LIBRARY_PATH | grep /usr/X11R6/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib/modules:/usr/share/java/j2sdk1.4.2 > /dev/null
  then
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/X11R6/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib/modules:/usr/share/java/j2sdk1.4.2
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
  fi
else
  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib/modules:/usr/share/java/j2sdk1.4.2
  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
fi

PATH=$PATH:/usr/share/java/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/bin

Now just create a symlink (*never* copy the file!) of your desired plugin to Mozilla's installation directory, restart Mozilla, and you're ready.

skel · 03-31-2004, 12:20 PM

http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html

This site is a pretty good resource for mozilla plugins

beejayzed · 03-31-2004, 03:22 PM

"never copy the file"

Sorry, I used te wrong wording.

Thetargos · 03-31-2004, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by beejayzed
"never copy the file"

Sorry, I used te wrong wording.

So you got it?