Java 5 Installation

[John L Fjellstad]

Jim Byers <jim at jimbyers.com> writes:

> I have tried following the steps and commands on the Ubuntu page you 
> reference, but my ignorance is a barrier.  I have downloaded  
> jre-1_5_0_10-linux-i586.bin, but I have not been able to fakeroot make, 
> ..... per the directions.  I would welcome some more suggestions for a 
> newbie.

If you are running Edgy, you could have just done
aptitude install sun-java5-jre sun-java5-plugin

Since you finished the installation of jre*bin, you have to make symlink
of all your binaries in <path to java>/bin to /usr/local/bin
(for instance, java and javaws)
To make java work in firefox, you need to make a symlink from 
<path to java>/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so to
/usr/lib/firefox/plugins. 

I would do one thing at a time. First get java working, then work on
flash. 
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John L. Fjellstad
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