Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-10 Thread Bob Proulx
andy wrote: > In any event, I got this error message for a site in which I must > spend a fair amount of time in order to do an on-line course, so > that is what prompted my sudden interest in this. Use in an online course falls right into the pattern. Not something that *everyone* would need but

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-09 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 00:59:02 -0400 Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snipped discussion about the need for client side Java] > The funny thing is that there are times when it is nice. For example, > some companies have very restrictive policies about downloading > executables. Speci

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-08 Thread andy
Bob Proulx wrote: Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: You are right. But those websites do you use Java. I think the confusion was that you did not specify client-side versus server-side. Those are two different things. Your statement appears to cover both. You are correct that the JSP server

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread arijit sarkar
On Sat, 2007-07-07 at 21:56 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 07:43:26PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > > > By (my) definition there no good sites that use Java. :-/ > > > What about all those pages that run on JSP and servelets? > > Regards, > > -Roberto > JSP and serv

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 08:47:29PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > You are right. But those websites do you use Java. I think the > > confusion was that you did not specify client-side versus server-side. > > Those are two different things. Your statement appears to cove

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > You are right. But those websites do you use Java. I think the > confusion was that you did not specify client-side versus server-side. > Those are two different things. Your statement appears to cover both. You are correct that the JSP server runs Java. I don't rea

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 08:03:30PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > By (my) definition there no good sites that use Java. :-/ > > > > What about all those pages that run on JSP and servelets? > > JSP (JavaServer Pages) AFAIK runs on the server not th

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > By (my) definition there no good sites that use Java. :-/ > > What about all those pages that run on JSP and servelets? JSP (JavaServer Pages) AFAIK runs on the server not the client. I could be very wrong here though. Examples? Bob -- To UNS

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 07:43:26PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > By (my) definition there no good sites that use Java. :-/ > What about all those pages that run on JSP and servelets? Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread Bob Proulx
andy wrote: > Jeff D wrote: > >>When I go to http://www.java.com/en/ and click the link that asks "Do > >>I have java?", which opens > >>http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre&try=1 then > >>the result is > >>that I don't have the recommended version for my browser (iceweasel).

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread Bob Proulx
andy wrote: > That was a useful overview to alternatives: I wasn't aware of that, and > how (seemingly) prevalent it is with Debian. Wouldn't you guess it ... > yep, when I run I am showing manual. I've corrected that now to auto. Note that Red Hat is now using a forked copy of the alternatives

[SOLVED] Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
andy wrote: andy wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: Thats odd, it should create a symlink to /etc/alternatives/mozilla-javaplugin.so Agreed. what does update-alternatives --list mozilla-javaplugin.so give you? it should give you something like this: /usr/lib/

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
andy wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: Thats odd, it should create a symlink to /etc/alternatives/mozilla-javaplugin.so Agreed. what does update-alternatives --list mozilla-javaplugin.so give you? it should give you something like this: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-s

[SOLVED] Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
Bob Proulx wrote: andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: Thats odd, it should create a symlink to /etc/alternatives/mozilla-javaplugin.so Agreed. what does update-alternatives --list mozilla-javaplugin.so give you? it should give you something like this: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/plu

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: When I go to http://www.java.com/en/ and click the link that asks "Do I have java?", which opens http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre&try=1 then the result is that I don't have the recommended version for my browser (iceweas

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread Jeff D
On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Dear each Iceweasel is telling me that I have a missing plugin, the

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread Bob Proulx
andy wrote: > Jeff D wrote: > >Thats odd, it should create a symlink to > >/etc/alternatives/mozilla-javaplugin.so Agreed. > >what does update-alternatives --list mozilla-javaplugin.so give you? > >it should give you something like this: > >/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplug

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Dear each Iceweasel is telling me that I have a missing plugin, the JRE, which I need for a course.

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread Jeff D
On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Dear each Iceweasel is telling me that I have a missing plugin, the JRE, which I need for a course. I have download

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread Glen Pfeiffer
On 07/07/2007 10:30 AM, andy wrote: > Jeff D wrote: >> in iceweasel, if you put about:plugins in the address bar, >> does it show that the java plugin is loaded? >> > Yes, about:plugins shows 3 main groups of > application/x-java-bean, x-java-vm, and x-java-applet > > Am I supposed to be seein

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Dear each Iceweasel is telling me that I have a missing plugin, the JRE, which I need for a course. I have downloaded jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin (which

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread Wayne Topa
andy([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Jeff D wrote: > >On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: <> > > I've already done that - it still doesn't show up as working in any of > the three browsers I use and when testing at the sun site, it reports > that java6 is not installed. Hence, I w

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread Jeff D
On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Dear each Iceweasel is telling me that I have a missing plugin, the JRE, which I need for a course. I have downloaded jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin (which is the appropri

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Dear each Iceweasel is telling me that I have a missing plugin, the JRE, which I need for a course. I have downloaded jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin (which is the appropriate plug-in), but: (i) is this th

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
Tom Rauchenwald wrote: andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jeff D wrote: The easiest way would be to make sure you have non-free in your /etc/apt/sources.list , run aptitude update and then aptitude install sun-java6-bin Thanks I've already done that - it still doesn't show up

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread Jeff D
On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Dear each Iceweasel is telling me that I have a missing plugin, the JRE, which I need for a course. I have downloaded jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin (which is the appropriate plug-in), but: (i) is this the best thing to

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread Tom Rauchenwald
andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jeff D wrote: >> >> The easiest way would be to make sure you have non-free in your >> /etc/apt/sources.list , run aptitude update and then aptitude >> install sun-java6-bin >> >> > Thanks > > I've already done that - it still doesn't show up as working in any of

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Dear each Iceweasel is telling me that I have a missing plugin, the JRE, which I need for a course. I have downloaded jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin (which is the appropriate plug-in), but: (i) is this the best thing to be using on a Lenny/Sid system an

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
Martin Marcher wrote: Hi Martin Thanks for this info - I wasn't aware of a native Debian install. However, now that I have installed sun-java6-jre & bin the plug-in still doesn't appear to work. Has this been your experience, and if so do you have a suggestion on how to work this or ... ? for

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread Jeff D
On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Dear each Iceweasel is telling me that I have a missing plugin, the JRE, which I need for a course. I have downloaded jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin (which is the appropriate plug-in), but: (i) is this the best thing to be using on a Lenny/Sid system and (ii) if so, h

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread Martin Marcher
Hi Martin Thanks for this info - I wasn't aware of a native Debian install. However, now that I have installed sun-java6-jre & bin the plug-in still doesn't appear to work. Has this been your experience, and if so do you have a suggestion on how to work this or ... ? forgetting everytime that

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread Tom Rauchenwald
andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dear each > > Iceweasel is telling me that I have a missing plugin, the JRE, which I > need for a course. I have downloaded jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin (which is > the appropriate plug-in), but: > (i) is this the best thing to be using on a Lenny/Sid system and > (ii)

Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
Dear each Iceweasel is telling me that I have a missing plugin, the JRE, which I need for a course. I have downloaded jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin (which is the appropriate plug-in), but: (i) is this the best thing to be using on a Lenny/Sid system and (ii) if so, how do I go about installing a *.bi