[ale] java frustrations

[Geoffrey Myers]

Pete Hardie wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:26, Geoffrey Myers
> <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>> This is one of the things that just frustrates me.  New install, have to
>> get java working with browser.  Install the jre rpm, open browser, no love.
>>
>> Now I've got to go and figure out how to fix this.  Used to be, you
>> linked a .so from the rpm to the plugins directory for firefox.
>>
>> firefox 3.6, there is no plugins directory.
>>
>> I fixed this before, but can't recall the solution.  Anyone?
> 
> The plugin has a different name now - libjavaplugin_oji.so and
> libnpjp2.so in F13, for me

I see:

/usr/java/jre1.6.0_23/lib/amd64/libjavaplugin_jni.so

Again, though, no firefox plugins directory anymore.

> 
> 
>> --
>> Until later, Geoffrey
>>
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>> the government from wasting the labors of the people under
>> the pretense of taking care of them."
>> - Thomas Jefferson
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-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson