How to install Java/Frefox in FC6 -

[Avi Schwartz]

Les wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 14:11 +1030, Tim wrote:
>   
>> On Sun, 2006-12-17 at 11:49 -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
>>     
>>> bookmark this site, it's invaluable. Just follow the steps, use cut
>>> n paste, and you'll have to right on the button. 
>>> http://www.stanton-finley.net
>>>
>>> This one is a keeper, the steps for FC5 are good for FC6.
>>>       
>> I tried that with FC6, just a few days ago.  The Sun site had moved onto
>> Java 1.6.0, which didn't work (installed, no errors, just doesn't appear
>> to work when I tested it).  I've just had another bash, making sure I
>> got all the new paths right.  The Java test page (*) doesn't work with
>> Java 1.6.0 (no results are shown, it's blank in the test part), but I
>> don't know if that's just the test page.  I don't know a site using Java
>> to test it with, but the games I tried on the Sun site didn't work.
>>     
At long last I got the 1.6 Java plugin to work in FF in FC 6.   The 
plugin as well as as the Java contol panel (jcontrol) require 
libstdc++.so.5 to operate.  This is an older version then the one that 
ships with FC 6 (libstdc++.so.6.0.8).  After I installed 
compat-libstdc++-33 both the plugin and jcontrol started working.

Avi