Firefox Java plugin with 7.0?
Yuri Lukin
lists at swaggi.com
Tue Oct 30 15:45:17 PDT 2007
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:05:34 -0500, Yuri Lukin wrote
> I'm like to ask what people are using for Java plugin with Firefox.
> There were a few recent threads on this subject but no definitive answer:
>
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2007-October/078038.html
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2007-October/078492.html
>
> I tried compiling jdk15 port and was able to build it and install it
> successfully. However, when trying to load a java applet in Firefox,
> the browser seemingly crashes (exits). I then tried following the
> method described in the handbook by downloading the
diablo-jre-freebsd6.i386.1.5.0.07.01.tbz
> package from FreeBSD Foundation website and adding it with pkg_add.
> Trying to load java applets crashes Firefox. In both cases,
> javavmwrapper was installed and about:plugins in Firefox shows that
> java plugin is installed. Is there a working combination for
7.0-PRERELEASE/BETA?
>
> My system is:
>
> # uname -a
>
> FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE #0: Mon Oct 15
> 13:02:17 EDT 2007 swaggy@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/T61 i386
> # pkg_info | grep java
> javavmwrapper-2.3 Wrapper script for various Java Virtual Machines
> # pkg_info | grep firefox
> firefox-2.0.0.8,1 Web browser based on the browser portion of Mozilla
>
> # ls -la /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/
> total 96
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Oct 29 19:22 .
> drwxr-xr-x 54 root wheel 31232 Oct 29 13:26 ..
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Oct 20 00:20 .firefox.keep
> lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 63 Oct 29 19:22 libjavaplugin_oji.so -
> > /usr/local/diablo-jre1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so -
> rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 62192 Sep 12 14:21 npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
>
> Currently with jre from FreeBSD foundation site:
> # pkg_info | grep jre
> diablo-jre-1.5.0.07.01 Java Runtime Environment 1.5.0_07.01
>
I found an answer off-list. In case anyone is wondering, I had to first
install java/diablo-jdk15 (with compat6x), then install java/jdk15. After
that, I simply removed diablo-jdk15 and added a symlink to
/usr/local/lib/browser_plugins in order for Firefox to recognize the browser
plugin. Works great now. Many thanks to Vlad Galu for the answer.
Yuri
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