[ale] more on attempted Java install....

[Courtney Thomas]

Thanks Jason.

I just decided on running Netscape as root and all went well.

Cordially,
Courtney

Jason Day wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 06:49:24AM -0500, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> 
>>I neglected to mention that when I attempt to download/install Java from 
>>Netscape's website, the message I get is............
>>
>>"Access denied."
> 
> 
> Sounds like you're running netscape as non-root.  Installing the Java
> plugin requires root privileges.  I won't comment on the security
> implications of running a web browser as root to install software from a
> remote site, except to say, I won't do it.
> 
> Fortunately, the JRE comes bundled with the plugin for netscape/mozilla.
> The README that comes with the JRE has instructions for installing the
> plugins, but all you need to do is create a symlink in your plugins
> directory.  Your plugins directory will vary by distro/installation
> method, but it is probably in /usr/lib/netscape/plugins or
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.  To create the symlink, first install the JRE,
> then, as root, change to the plugins directory and type:
>   ln -s $JRE_HOME/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> 
> Replace $JRE_HOME with the directory where you installed the JRE.  Then
> restart netscape/mozilla and type "about:plugins" in the URL bar to
> verify that it was installed correctly.
> 
> HTH,
> Jason


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