On Saturday 03 February 2001 19:52, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > Hello. I have Debian unstable - reasonably current - and therefore Mozilla > M18-3. I've downloaded Sun's Java 2 SDK 1.3.0_01, which includes the Java > Plugin for Netscape 6/Mozilla. How do I install this plugin to work best > with the Debian Mozilla setup, which of course is shoehorned into the > Debian pattern (very admirably, might I add)? All my attempts have resulted > in the Java Plugin showing up in Mozilla's about:plugins listing but me > still being prompted to install the plugin when I visit the JRE's > ControlPanel.html, which uses the plugin. > > Any and all help is appreciated. > > - Jimmy Kaplowitz > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm using the nightly builds of Mozilla ... so my mozilla directory is /usr/local/mozilla. That out of the way, the easiest way to get java on your machine, IMO is to add a sources.list line ... I use deb ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian woody non-free After running an update, you can do an apt-get install j2sdk1.3 ... when it gets done downloading you'll have a /usr/lib/j2re1.3/plugin/i386/javaplugin.so file. What I do is make a symlink to this file ... i.e. ln -si /usr/lib/j2re1.3/plugin/i386/javaplugin.so /usr/local/mozilla/plugins/ When Mozilla fires up, it now has Java support. Most java things work fine over here. Sean -- This is a NO-FRILLS flight -- hold th' CANADIAN BACON!!
