I am running Mozilla 1.5 when i visit my website it states dowload java-x so i click yes so it then install its but after that it says sucess , and nothing happens ?


ie i still can't see java applet help me


and also i have tried the above process manually nothing happens please help me

This won't work. You'll need to go and download the java runtime environment from sun, install it and then symlink the library to your mozilla directory. Go to http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html and follow the instructions there

I am going to try this now

this is what i get:

[root@localhost plugins]# ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_02/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so
ln: `./libjavaplugin_oji.so': File exists
[root@localhost plugins]#



can you still help me please

Use ln -sf instead of ln -s
This will overwrite it.
If the plugin doesn't work, then run mozilla from the command prompt and post and messages you get.

I am trying it now

guy's its still not working i am abit confuse this time around it gave me no error


also just to point out

" /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_02/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so
ln: `./libjavaplugin_oji.so' "

when i browsed /usr/ i can't see the java folder whats going on help. can you guy's do a remote job on my PC i am on 512K broadband


i totolly new to linux and my god its a long road up but all worth it.

I think you'd need to run a server to allow remote access. Do you have one running? Secondly, what happens when you create the link? Does it work? Also, are you getting any messages when starting Mozilla from the command line?

Wait a second! Where are you trying to link it to? Are you in the ~/.mozilla/plugins directory? Try typing the FULL path when linking

Yes , Yes i am in the mozilla plugins directory


i have just downloaded VNC and i am going to install this just in case i need to have someone do a remote job on me so what do i need to run this command in in the mozilla directory or not

To give you more information about this


when running the above command i am in the root / after running in -sf it does noting

it then just goes back to
root@localhost # below are all the files in mozilla 1.5 plugins folder


i bet ya its something so simple that i just can't see it.


[root@localhost plugins]# dir
flashplayer-installer java2 libjavaplugin_oji.so
flashplayer.xpt jre-1.3.1_09.i586.rpm libnullplugin.so
j2re-1_3_1_09-linux-i586.rpm.bin libflashplayer.so
[root@localhost plugins]# dir
flashplayer-installer java2 libjavaplugin_oji.so
flashplayer.xpt jre-1.3.1_09.i586.rpm libnullplugin.so
j2re-1_3_1_09-linux-i586.rpm.bin libflashplayer.so
[root@localhost plugins]#

run this :

locate libjavaplugin_oji.so

that will tell you where java installed to, i have the java sdk so mines in /opt/j2sdk/.....

now, that will probably output more than on copy of the plugin because there are different versions, you want the one that has "/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so". then cd to your mozilla plugin directory and do:

ln -sf "PATH TO PLUGIN"

ln -sf `locate /ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so` <--should do everything for u, just run that command in your plugin directory

this is the out put that i have got help:

[root@localhost plugins]# locate libjavaplugin_oji.so
/opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so
/opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so
[root@localhost plugins]#

so if i am correct in saying the command i type is


in -sf /opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so \usr\local\mozilla\plugins


is the above correct