I have Sun's JDK 1.3 and 1.3.0_01, not Blackdown's. Java works fine outside of Mozilla, and even in Netscape 4 with the plugin. But when I tried to follow your suggestion and linked the Netscape 4 plugin to the Mozilla directory, it crashed whenever I went to about:plugins or a Java page. The Netscape 6 / Mozilla plugin that comes with JDK 1.3.0_01 does not crash Mozilla, and it shows up in the about:plugins page, but Java pages still prompt me to install the plugin. What could be wrong?
Is the problem that I'm using the Debian package of Mozilla, which is not a nightly build but release M18, package revision number 3? If so, how do I install either a nightly build or Mozilla 0.7 in a shared, write-protected (for normal users) directory such as /usr/local/mozilla or /usr/lib/mozilla? The release notes say to install it separately for each user. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 01:21:31AM -0500, Sean wrote: > 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!!
