Firefox and java

[Benjamin Dover]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:09:48 -0600, John <john at starfire.mn.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 06:00:51PM -0500, Benjamin Dover wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:22:43 -0500, RL <rlurman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Java isn't showing up in about:plugins on Firefox.  I compiled java
> > > (when I compiled OpenOffice) and here is my /etc/libmap.conf entry for
> > > it (maybe I missed something?)
> > >
> > > [/usr/local/jdk1.4.2/bin/java]
> > > libkse.so.1                    libc_r.so.5
> > > libkse.so                       libc_r.so
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> >  Once I added the jdk14 port I had to create the following symlink to
> > get java to work and show up in the plugins.
> >
> > ln -s /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins/
> > Hope this helps.
> 
> BINGO!
> 
> Geez!  That's great - but how the HECK did you know this was the
> magic key?  This shouldn't be so ARCANE!!!
> 
> I'd have been looking for something in a "firefox" branch - in
> fact, I was just trying to find such a thing when your e-mail
> came.
> 
> THANK YOU!!!
> --
> 
> John Lind
> john at starfire.MN.ORG
> 
One word.. Google!