Mandrake 10.1 and Java

amigatec · 01-03-2005, 04:18 PM

How do I get Java to work with 10.1 official?

I have always had problems getting java to work with mandrake.

Micro420 · 01-03-2005, 04:30 PM

You can go to www.java.com and download the most recent java. Can you be more specific about your java not being able to work?

rksprst · 01-03-2005, 05:07 PM

Do what it says in this link: http://goland.org/Tech/Installing_Ja...drake_9_1.html

That's what I did and my java works great.

btw if u google "installing java in mandrake" that is the first article that comes up

amigatec · 01-03-2005, 05:10 PM

I have the lastest version installed and have tried it with Opera, Firefox and Konqueror, but the java apps don't run.

rksprst · 01-03-2005, 05:23 PM

Simply instaling the rpm is not enough, you need to run the plugin to get java to work in your browser, and you need to set up the java variable to be able to open java programs.

Did you run the plugin for mozilla that's in the link?
the plugin should also work for firefox.

This is it:

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1. Open a root shell
2. You need to link the Java plugin file into your Mozilla installation. The command is "ln -s Y/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so Z/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so". Where Y is the jre installation directory and Z is the mozilla installation directory. On my machine the command is "ln -s /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla-1.3.1/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so"
3. NOTE: If you are using Mozilla 1.4 or higher you need to get the .so file from the /ns610-gcc32 directory not the /ns610 directory.

Can you run any java applications? If not then you need to do this (also in the link i gave u):

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1. As your normal non-root identity use your favorite editor to open ~/.bashrc
2. Add in the following path declaration "PATH=$PATH:X:" where X is the location of the bin directory. In my machine this is "PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_01/jre/bin:".
3. Add in the following JAVA_HOME declaration (this tells Java programs where to find the files they need) "JAVA_HOME=X", this is the same X as before so on my system it is "JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_01/jre/bin"
4. Then add in two export statements
* export PATH
* export JAVA_HOME
5. Save the file
6. You are now ready to run Java programs

amigatec · 01-03-2005, 06:13 PM

Quote:

uote:
1. As your normal non-root identity use your favorite editor to open ~/.bashrc
2. Add in the following path declaration "PATH=$PATH:X:" where X is the location of the bin directory. In my machine this is "PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_01/jre/bin:".
3. Add in the following JAVA_HOME declaration (this tells Java programs where to find the files they need) "JAVA_HOME=X", this is the same X as before so on my system it is "JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_01/jre/bin"
4. Then add in two export statements
* export PATH
* export JAVA_HOME
5. Save the file
6. You are now ready to run Java programs

I have done this and still nothing.

amigatec · 01-03-2005, 06:43 PM

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Originally posted by Micro420
You can go to www.java.com and download the most recent java. Can you be more specific about your java not being able to work?

In konqueror it says java executable not found. I have added Java to the path in ./bashrc.

I have tried it with 2 different versions of Java and still nothing.

rksprst · 01-03-2005, 08:23 PM

I did some googling and I found this answer

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Erm... Path to java executable should be the FULL PATH to the java executable,
not just the dir it's in!

So you'd need:

/usr/local/j2re1.4.1/bin/java rather than /usr/local/j2re1.4.1/bin/

Hope that helps

amigatec · 01-04-2005, 04:51 PM

I have it working in Konqueror and Firefox now, but not Opera.
Used full path for Konqueror and created a Sym Link for Firefox.