Which Java for RH 9

[Leila Lappin]

--- Chuck Slate <chuck at cslate.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Chris,
> 
> I might have missed some of the conversation, but it
> is my understanding
> that with Mozilla 1.x you don't have to jump through
> those hoops.
> 
> All you should have to do is install the JDK (or
> JRE) and then enable
> Java within Mozilla as follows:
> 
> Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced (note: you must
> highlight Advanced, not
> just expand it).  Then select "Enable Java" and
> apply the change.
> 
> Of course, you might want to include the path to the
> java binaries
> (e.g., java, javac) in your PATH variable to make
> life easier for
> yourself.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Chuck
> 
>         
>         
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 00:47, Chris A Czerwinski
> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 19:47, Leila Lappin wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > You can just download the latest j2se and jre
> libs.  I
> > > have done this a number of times (for initial
> and
> > > subsequent upgrades) and I never had a problem.
> > > 
> > > Leila
> > 
> > Hi Leila,
> > 
> > I just downloaded
> j2sdk-1_4_2_03-linux-i586-rpm.bin and
> > as my last step I need a link in Mozilla for my
> plugin for JAVA to be
> > used which has to be done manually - activated ...
> so as su {superuser}
> > I did a link 
> > 
> > [root at mycomputer chris]# cd
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
> > 
> > [root at mycomputer plugins]# ln -s
> >
>
/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_03/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> > 
> > and then verified if link was set which it was
> > 
> > [root at mycomputer plugins]# ls -l
> > total 136
> > 
> > lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           72 Feb 25
> 17:07
> > libjavaplugin_oji.so ->
> >
>
/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_03/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> > 
> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       129611 Sep  4
> 13:43 nppdf.so
> > 
> > 
> > However when I launch Mozilla 1.2.1 and look in
> Help -> Plug-in 
> > 
> >
>
_________________________________________________________________________
> > Installed plug-ins
> > 
> > nppdf.so
> > 
> >         File name: nppdf.so
> > 
> >     MIME Type
> >    Description
> >      Suffixes
> >      Enabled
> > application/pdf
> > Portable Document
> > Format
> > pdf
> > Yes
> > 
> > Shockwave Flash
> > 
> >         File name: libflashplayer.so
> >         Shockwave Flash 6.0 r79
> > 
> >     MIME Type
> >    Description
> >      Suffixes
> >      Enabled
> > application/x-shockwave-flash
> > Shockwave Flash
> > swf
> > Yes
> > application/futuresplash
> > FutureSplash
> > Player
> > spl
> > Yes
> > 
> > Default Plugin
> > 
> >         File name: libnullplugin.so
> >         The default plugin handles plugin data for
> mimetypes and
> >         extensions that are not specified and
> facilitates downloading of
> >         new plugins.
> > 
> >     MIME Type
> >    Description
> >      Suffixes
> >      Enabled
> > *
> > All types
> >
>
___________________________________________________________________________
> > 
> > I don't see any Plug-in to JAVA.
> > 
> > Where did I go wrong? 
> > How come my Mozilla (1.2.1) Help -> Plug-in
> doesn't have Java activated?
> > 
> > Chris Cz (newbie)
> > 
> > > --- Chris A Czerwinski
> <chrisczerwinski at cogeco.ca>
> > > wrote:
> > > > I cannot find the proper JAVA for Red Hat
> Linux 9
> > > > when I go to SUN
> > > > 
> > > > Here's what I find at SUN
> > > >
> > >
>
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/system-configurations.html
> > > > 
> > > > for IA32 Linux : System Requirements : 32-bit:
> SDK  
> > > >  J2RE   
> > > > 
> > > > Red Hat 7.3                      
> Gnome-sawfish 1.0 
> > > >  
> > > > Red Hat 8.0                      
> Gnome2-metacity
> > > > 2.4.2   
> > > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1  
> Gnome-sawfish 1.0 
> > > >  
> > > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1  
> Gnome-sawfish 1.0 
> > > >  
> > > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1  
> Gnome-sawfish 1.0 
> > > >  
> > > > SuSE 8.0                         
> Gnome-sawfish 2.0 
> > > >  
> > > > TurboLinux 7.0                   
> Gnome-sawfish 1.0 
> > > >  
> > > > SLEC 8                           
> Gnome2-metacity
> > > > 2.4.34    
> > > > 
> > > >     I ask which version do I use for Red Hat
> 9.0?
> > > >  or 
> > > >     do I have to download something else?
> > > > 
> > > > Another question -
> > > >  How do I determine which version of GNOME I
> am
> > > > using? 
> > > > 
> > > > Chris Cz (newbie)
> > > >
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> 
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Oh yes, I do set $JAVA_HOME to the directory where
Java is installed. I'm not sure if that has anything
to do with the browser being able to use Java Pluggin.





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