Need help fixing my Java install

A6Quattro · 07-08-2005, 12:21 PM

I thought I installed Java the correct way and it says it is installed but it doesn't work. All the websites I go to say that I'm missing a plug-in. It is currently installed in: /usr/java/JRE1.5.0_04 I'm guessing that this is not the correct placement for it. Can it be moved? Should I delet it? is there an uninstall? Where should it be placed if this is the problem?

Also here is a link to the wierd display that came up when I installed Java. Any feedback on this is greatly appreciated!

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=341265

bigrigdriver · 07-08-2005, 12:29 PM

Since you don't say which browser you're using, I can only suggest that you go to your browser's website, and look for documentation on how to enable java in that browser. It's usually something simple like creating a symlink from the java directory to the browser directory (or an individual user's home directory).

A6Quattro · 07-08-2005, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bigrigdriver
Since you don't say which browser you're using, I can only suggest that you go to your browser's website, and look for documentation on how to enable java in that browser. It's usually something simple like creating a symlink from the java directory to the browser directory (or an individual user's home directory).

I'm running FC3
Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050513 Fedora/1.0.4-1.3.1 Firefox/1.0.4

but is it ok installed there?

homey · 07-08-2005, 03:45 PM

The Firefox/Help/About Mozilla Firefox can be abit confusing and you will likely find firefox in
/usr/lib/firefox-1.0.4

So, you want to link the java plugin to the firefox-1.0.4/plugins .

Something like this...

Code:

cd /usr/lib/firefox-1.0.4/plugins
ln -s /usr/java/JRE1.5.0_04/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .