Mozilla-1.4.2 UP2DATEd thru Red Hat Alert

[Chris A Czerwinski]

On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 14:57, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Chris A Czerwinski wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 13:24, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > 
> >>Chris A Czerwinski wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi,
> >>>
> >>>I have just finished Up2Date thru Red Hat Alert
> >>>which upgraded my Mozilla to mozilla-1.4.2-0.9.0
> >>>
> >>>I have now lost my mozilla plugins e.g. flashplayer, libflashplayer.
> >>>I think I have lost my java link - as I now get an Error
> >>>
> >>>-------------------------------
> >>>JavaScript Application
> >>>
> >>>! Error-Unregistered OpenCube DHTML Effect - (www.opencube.com)
> >>>
> >>>-------------------------------
> >>>
> >>>What and How do I get them back?
> >>
> >>Mozilla is installed in /usr/lib/mozilla-(version).  Plugins are
> >>installed in the "/plugins" directory of that location.  To get your
> >>plugins back, copy the stuff from the the previous version's /plugins
> >>directory.  I can't tell you the exact name of the directory as I don't
> >>know what the previous version of Mozilla was, but the command
> >>"ls -ld /usr/lib/mozilla*" will show you the names involved.
> >>
> >>Note that the previous version's java stuff is most likely a symbolic
> >>link to the Java runtime interpreter.  Make the same link in the new
> >>Mozilla's /plugins.  Do NOT copy that link (that'll put a copy of the
> >>interpreter in /plugins which won't work right), but do the symlink
> >>manually.  In my case, that's
> >>
> >>     # cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
> >>     # ln -s 
> >>/usr/local/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so 
> >>libjavaplugin_oji.so
> >>
> >>The other stuff is safe to copy.
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > Copied the files to /usr/lob/mozilla-1.4.2/plugins
> >  and it shows up in Mozilla -> help -> Plugins            so that works
> > 
> > However I made the link in there also /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4.2/plugins 
> >           when should have made it in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
> > 
> > so what is the command to remove the symbolic link from
> >          /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4.2/plugins 
> > and then I will reapply in 
> >          /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
> 
> Well, generally /usr/lib/mozilla is a symbolic link to the current
> version of Mozilla.  If you did the "ls -ld /usr/lib/mozilla*", you
> may have seen this at the end of one of the lines:
> 
> 	/usr/lib/mozilla -> mozilla-1.4.2
> 
> If so, you don't need to change anything as putting the link in
> mozilla-1.4.2/plugins is the same thing as mozilla/plugins.  Symbolic
> links are aliases, meaning that "/usr/lib/mozilla" is just another name
> for "/usr/lib/mozilla-1.4.2".
> 
> Mozilla is run as "/usr/lib/mozilla/mozilla", so having
> "/usr/lib/mozilla" point at the current version makes it easy to upgrade
> versions, but still be able to go back to a previous version if the new
> one doesn't work.  This is done by installing in a new
> /usr/lib/mozilla-(version)" directory and changing the symbolic link.
> If you don't like it, change the symbolic link back to the previous
> version.
> 
> For example, here's what I have (cleaned up to fit the display):
> 
> [root at prophead root]# ls -ld /usr/lib/mozilla*
> /usr/lib/mozilla -> mozilla-1.6
> /usr/lib/mozilla-1.2.1
> /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4
> /usr/lib/mozilla-1.5
> /usr/lib/mozilla-1.6
> 
> So, I have versions of Mozilla from 1.2.1 through 1.6, but the active
> one is 1.6.
> 
> Symbolic links are special files.  "rm" will delete them.

My system is presently using gcc-2.3.2 as shown:

[root at redhat90 plugins]# ls /lib/libc-*
/lib/libc-2.3.2.so


I guess I am using the incorrect version and I need to point to "ns610" 
  /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_03/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so

so if I use the 

[root at redhat90 plugins]# rm
/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_03/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so

rm: remove regular file
`/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_03/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so'? 
Will it delete the FILE "ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so"   or 
or will Remove the Link to the file it's pointing to within the
directory /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4.2/plugins?

Thanks ... Chris Cz (newbie)

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