Trouble with Java Plugin

Gerardoj · 10-09-2003, 04:44 PM

hi, I have troubles with Java plugin, This page Contains information of type (application/x-java-vm) that can only viewed with the appropiate Pug-in. Click OK to download Plugin shows up, and when I click OK then java.sun.com appears me, then I downloaded the j2re-1_4_2_01-linux-i586.bin file and then unpack the j2re-1_4_2_01-linux-i586.bin, this file created a folder.

Now what I need to do to install the plugin?

Thanks

hw-tph · 10-09-2003, 04:51 PM

You will find a directory called jre/plugin/i386 which contains a number of directories which are tied to the version of your browser. Copy the corresponding libjavaplugin_oji.so to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins or whatever browser you use.

I have Mozilla Firebird installed to /usr/local/mozilla.org/MozillaFirebird so I dump the .so file from the ns610-gcc32 directory to /usr/local/mozilla.org/MozillaFirebird/plugins.

hw

Gerardoj · 10-09-2003, 08:03 PM

Thanks now I copied the libjavaplugin_oji.so from /home/user/Downloads/j2re1.4.2_01/plugin/i386/ns610 to /usr/lib/netscape/plugins and when I open some web page with java applet the Netscape crash and exit,

What could be the problem?

hw-tph · 10-10-2003, 04:14 AM

Try the ns610-gcc32 one instead.

hw

joel112 · 10-10-2003, 05:32 AM

i had the exact same problem,but with mozilla, dont copy the plugin, link to it,

for me i had to do

ln -s /usr/local/development/java_1.4.2_01/jre/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/local/mozilla/plugins

then i dont know if its the same for Nutscrape but with mozilla you have to run the browser as root, and then load a page with an applett in it, let it load, clsoe and switch back to your user, and it worked.

as i say, this was on mozilla i dont think there is much difference tho

hw-tph · 10-10-2003, 08:10 AM

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then i dont know if its the same for Nutscrape but with mozilla you have to run the browser as root, and then load a page with an applett in it, let it load, clsoe and switch back to your user, and it worked.

That sounds awfully wrong. Is the .so (plugin file you linked to) executable by everyone? Do a chmod a+x on it and see if the problem goes away.

Browsing as root? Brrrr...sends a cold chill down my spine.

hw

joel112 · 10-10-2003, 08:16 AM

i chmodded and it dident work, i just stuck a java applet i wrote on my local server and used that, the only explanation i could find was some quirky mozilla permisstion problem