** Reply to message from Wolfgang Rosenauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:45:59 +0100
> Hi, > > Stan Goodman wrote: > > Having got my v10.3 reinstalled after a reinstall gone awry, The result > > seems > > to be in quite satisfactory condition, with nearly all software functions > > that > > I need and want up and running. An exception is that I have not succeeded in > > getting a Java plugin installed into Firefox. > > > > Running <java -version> shows that the default JRE is v1.5.0_13-b05. > > (Subdirectories of v1.4.2 and v1.6something are also present). In the v1.5 > > directory I see nothing suggesting anything useful for installing a plugin. > > > > YaST > Software Management shows that there are uninstalled packages for > > plugins for each of the the three Java releases. An attempt to d/l and > > install > > any of them gets a lengthy error message, the gist of which seems to be > > either > > (a) that there is no installer capable of installing them in my system > > (x86_64), or (b) that I could install a 32bit package but that I must be > > warned > > that this would involve a change of architecture. This is not helpful. > > > > I am confused, because YaST knows that the this is a 64bit system and that > > the > > JRE is a 64bit package, and it is also showing me 64bit packages. What > > exactly > > is its problem? > > > > And how can I get an appropriate Java plugin into Firefox? > > That's actually a FAQ and I wonder if there is some article about it > anywhere on the openSUSE wiki. If not I wonder if some documentation > contributor want to step up? ;-) > > Ok, your system is a 64bit installation. So the only way(s) getting a > usable Java plugin is either > (a) switch Firefox and your favourite JRE to 32bit and install the > corresponding plugin package. > (It depends on your choice of the JRE (and if you have other Java > applications installed like Eclipse) what else you have to install > as 32bit binary.) > For example I have Java 1.5.0 (and the plugin) as i586 while I have > Java 1.6.0 as 64bit version (along Eclipse) > In YaST you can use the "Versions" tab to choose or switch the > architecture of a package. > (b) Find any JRE from out there which contains a 64bit plugin. > People have reported that there is some Blackdown version (1.4.x) > which includes one. At least openSUSE doesn't ship any such JRE > (basically because Sun doesn't want to support that obviously) > > Wolfgang Thanks to both of you. I've found BTW that somebody (probably many more) has opened a bug about this at Sun. Sun has put a note on it to the effect that a 64-bit plugin is committed for Java v1.7. No mention about when this will happen. I've also found the Blackdown Java v1.4.2, and will unstall it. Presumably I will need first to uninstall the Java 1.4.2 that YaST installed. I'm assuming also that I will need to make v1.4.2 the default JRE. If so, how do I do that? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel REAL similes/metaphors by high school students; #6: Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
