Re: [K12OSN] Java in Firebird (Phoenix)

[Ben Nickell <twinprism athena physics isu edu>]

Petre Scheie wrote:

> To do it in Mozilla, I just did this:
>
> Download java from sun and run the *.bin file which installs the lib 
> plugin.
> cd ~/.mozilla/plugins
> ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_01/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so 
> libjavaplugin_oji.so
>
> and then I had to restart Mozilla.  (The last line above is the 
> symlink command you were asking about.)
> I don't know if you can use the same plugin for Firebird as for 
> Mozilla, but make sure you get the right one from Sun.  The first time 
> I tried this I got the one 'for GCC 3.2 compiled systems', and it 
> didn't work.
>
> HTH
>
> Petre

If you are running Mozilla Firebird, it is likely compiled with gcc 
3.2.3,  (about:buildconfig in firebird) to be sure. As Petre says, if 
that is the case you need a different plugin version.  JRE 1.4.2 has a 
compatible plugin. 

Here's the quick snip from 
http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/faqs/java.html#content

   * Open a terminal
   * Change to your Mozilla (or Mozilla Firebird) plugins directory
   * Issue the following command: 

ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_02/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so

You may have to adjust the path a little, that was from the jre 1.4.1_02 
RPM.

See the above URL if you want to know more...

Ben