Trevor Rhodes wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I'm getting this from my bank:
>
> This page contains information of a type (application/x-java-vm) that can
> only be viewed with the appropriate plugin.
>
> It wants me to download the Java Run Time Environment (JRE) v1.3 Plug-in
> with
> Java 2 support. I click the Linux version and Install Now. It seems to
> install, but everytime I go back to the page it wants me to dowload it
> again.
> I'm never going to get my bills paid at this rate. Any ideas why it
> either isn't being installed properly or Firefox isn't seeing the
> installation properly.
I tried it as well, with depressing results. What I did was to download the
j2sdk from sun. It comes as a .bin file, which you make executable
(chmod +x the_file.bin)
when you run it, it will extract an rpm after you agreed to some license
stuff. Then urpmi 'the_unpacked_rpm' which would give you something like
[EMAIL PROTECTED] c]# rpm -qa | grep j2
j2sdk-1.4.2_05-fcs
In order to set JAVA_HOME I use this script, in /etc/profile.d
[EMAIL PROTECTED] c]# cat /etc/profile.d/java.sh
#!/bin/bash
# /etc/profile.d/java.sh - Sets Java Environment
if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
if [ -e /etc/javaversion ]; then
javaver=`cat /etc/javaversion | head -1`
fi
if [ -z $javaver ]; then
jdkpath=`ls -1 /usr/java/ | grep "$javaver" | head -1`
if [ "X$jdkpath" == "X" ]; then
jdkpath=`ls -1 /usr/java/ | head -1`
fi
else
jdkpath=`ls -1 /usr/java/ | head -1`
fi
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/$jdkpath
export PATH=${PATH}:${JAVA_HOME}/bin
fi
it is executable of course
Now you got java properly installed.
try by executing
[EMAIL PROTECTED] c]$ java -version
java version "1.4.2_05"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_05-b04)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_05-b04, mixed mode)
Firefox needs a symlink to load the plugin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] plugins]# pwd
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-0.8/plugins
[EMAIL PROTECTED] plugins]# ls -la
total 2079
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 192 Jul 24 21:16 ./
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 1240 Jun 29 23:02 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 856 Jun 30 09:28 flashplayer.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2096844 Jun 30 09:28 libflashplayer.so*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 72 Jul 24 21:16 libjavaplugin_oji.so
-> /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_05/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20944 Mar 1 08:15 libnullplugin.so*
[EMAIL PROTECTED] plugins]#
so you need to do something like
ln
-s /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_05/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-0.8/plugins/
Then you are all set. Don't forget to enable java in Firefox.
you migth need to logut/login to make JAVA_HOME visible to your session
/etc/profile.d/java.sh is only run at login I think
/Björn
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