I am a newbie, and I am impressed so far with redhat 9. However I am wanting to install a java plugin for Mozilla or Netscape or both and I have tried to follow all the directions that I can find on this site as well as:
home.bredband.no/gaulyk/java/tutorial/javaredhat.html#Java%20SDK%20Installation
mozilla.org
pikeus.freeserve.co.uk/junk/mozilla1_4-java-linux2.htm
java.sun.com

I will grant that I am missing something, but for the life of me I can't figure out what.

my current mozilla is: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624

my current netscape is: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1

I don't think it will make any difference, but I have a dual boot system with redhat 9 and windows 98.

have you downloaded and installed the appropriate rpm ?

I have tried these in this order:

j2sdk-1_4_1_02-linux-i586-rpm.bin

j2re-1_4_2_01-linux-i586.bin

j2sdk-1_4_1_02-s1studio_ce-4u1-bin-linux.bin

all right new info,
I made some simbolic links and I have java enabled in mozilla and netscape, but whenever I visit a website like javafile.com and try to open a page with Java on it it has me download the plugin and all goes well if I do this as root but if I do it as a normal user it says read only error. when I put in the command: java -version in terminal it replies that i have java 1.3.1, but in netscape an mozilla it says: Java(TM) Plug-in 1.4.1_02

help

i'm having the same problems with installing java in mozilla/netscape, its about freakin impossible. If anyone knows from step a to the end for a NEWBIE they should post haven't found the easy one yet lol.

I have been fighting the java plugins for a couple days now and just finally got it to work in both Mozilla and Netscape.

For Netscape:
I put a symbolic link in /usr/local/netscape/plugins/ directory by typing:
ln -s /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so

I notice that you had j2sdk1.4.1 and j2re1.4.2: So you would want the path to go to your j2re (for example: /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so)

For Mozilla:
I have an older version of Mozilla then you so I needed the j2re1.4.1 version. Therefore I put a symbolic link in the /usr/lib/mozilla-1.2.1/plugins/ directory by typing:
ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_02/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so

thank you A_Morgan.....
I am up and running java like I should be