Java Runtime and Java Plugins for Mozilla (Firefox)
Thomas Beckett
Thomas.Beckett at gmail.com
Wed Oct 20 08:44:37 UTC 2004
The Ubuntu sites FAQ section has a link to the following site for
installing Java:
http://wiki.osuosl.org/display/DEV/Java+on+Debian
I followed these instructions and it works just fine
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 21:42:52 -0700, Daniel Robitaille
<robitaille at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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).
>
> here is my recipe (for i386 arch) in case anyone is interested:
>
> How-to install Sun's Java on Ubuntu
> ==================================
>
> *) goto http://www.java.com
>
> *) click on the button "get it now"
>
> *) download and save to disk the "Linux self-extracting file"
> (warning: do not download the the RPM self-extracting file!)
>
> *) open an xterm, and go to the directory of the file you just
> downloaded (in my case it was named "j2re-1_4_2_05-linux-i586.bin")
>
> *) chmod u+x j2re-1_4_2_05-linux-i586.bin
>
> *) ./j2re-1_4_2_05-linux-i586.bin
>
> *) After reading it, accept the Sun's license (by typing "yes")
>
> *) sudo mv j2re1.4.2_05 /opt/
>
> *) to have the command "java" accessible from the command line:
> -) cd /usr/local/bin/
> -) sudo ln -s /opt/j2re1.4.2_05/bin/java .
>
> *) to install the java plugins for firefox
> -) cd /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/
> -) sudo ln -s
> /opt/j2re1.4.2_05/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
>
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