[ale] java frustrations

[Lightner, Jeff]

It does talk about "creating a link under the firefox/plugins directory"
above the actual link command.

It probably should make it explicit in the later step but I think the
post made it clear the issue was which library and not the location.

On CentOS/RHEL this is under /usr/lib/firefox (or /usr/lib/firefox<ver>)

Also that changes it globally (you need to do it as root).   A later
post in the thread also mentions changes to an individual user's setup
that might be necessary as well.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Geoffrey Myers
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 11:04 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] java frustrations

Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> Yep - most of the documentation is wrong about which library.
> 
> Have a look at this for CentOS5: 
>
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/getting-java-pl
ugin-to-work-on-centos-5-linux-with-firefox-3-6-x-825409/
> 

Suggests:

ln -s /usr/java/jre1.6.0_23/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so .

doesn't say where . is, but I tried:

ln -s /usr/java/jre1.6.0_23/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so 
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libnpjp2.so

Still no love.


> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: ale-bounces at ale.org
> [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Pete Hardie Sent:
> Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:34 AM To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts 
> Subject: Re: [ale] java frustrations
> 
> 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
> 
> 
>> -- Until later, Geoffrey
>> 
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>> government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense
>> of taking care of them." - Thomas Jefferson 
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