Java 5 Installation

[Jim Byers]

I have installed flash and adobe and both are working with Firefox.  I 
have installed Java and moved and have discovered that I am missing
> libjavaplugin_oji.so

I downloaded this file from 
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202537&highlight=firefox+plugins

In the directions he says that I should be able to double click this 
file and use "Gedebi" to install it.  When I double click, I can find no 
action option for Gedebi.  Can you advise?  If that does not work, I 
will follow your suggestion on Automatix.  Should I go down that path, 
will I have to uninstall Firefox and start over?

Thanks,

Jim


Mike DePolis wrote:
> Alternatively, you could just use Automatix to accomplish this.  Very 
> easy and automatic.  Just install Automatix and choose the components 
> you want.
>
> John L Fjellstad wrote:
>> 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. 
>>