Java Runtime and Java Plugins for Mozilla (Firefox)

[Darren Critchley]

volvoguy wrote:

>On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 08:28:57 -0700, Darren Critchley <darrenc at telus.net> wrote:
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>>If there is not one there, then I will add one as I have detailed
>>instructions now that work.
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>Hi Darren!
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>I don't think that issue is on the wiki yet. I personally would
>greatly appreciate a how-to. I haven't been able to get it to work
>yet, and I've tried several (also outdated) instructions with no
>success.
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>Just out of curiosity, are you using the 1.4.x or 1.5.0 version of
>Java? Sorry if my numbers are a little off. I can never remember the
>differences between JRE, JDK or whatever they're called, as my biggest
>use of Java is browsing the web with Firefox. :-)
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I am using the Java Runtime Environment (1.4.x sorry Ubuntu not up and 
running at this moment to give you an exact number). But it is the 
latest stable version that can be downloaded from SUN. There are also 
other versions from IBM, et al that are available.

I am running firefox 1.0 as I have had no issues on my laptop with it 
crapping out or what have you, so I installed it from the mozilla site.

I tired following Sun's recipe last night and could not get Java or the 
plugin working, in fact Firefox would not even start.

However this morning I searched the ubuntu site, then the unofficial 
forums and found  a recipe that while a little inaccurate, did finally 
allow me to get things working (my goal was to install eclipse platform 
which I did).

I will post a how to either tonight or tomorrow morning as soon as i 
have time. It would seem there is enough interest to do so, and I don't 
like the current link which is a debian how to which looks/reads far 
more complicated than what I did. Not saying that what I did is correct, 
but it does work :)

Darren