Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 19:09:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Elvis Paris <elvis_paris@yahoo.com> To: Michael Sharp <ms@probsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to use java, shockwave, etc..? Message-ID: <20021020020918.7282.qmail@web21401.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1160.192.168.1.4.1035077349.squirrel@webmail.probsd.org>
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--- Michael Sharp <ms@probsd.org> wrote: > Hello Elvis, > If you can install /usr/ports/java/jdk13 , but > you will have to > manually download the source files, see the > Makefile. Then you can > install /usr/ports/www/mozilla and the Java SDK > toolkit will be > configured with it. You can also install plugger to > get some extra > plugin functionality. I believe thats in > /usr/ports/www/. > Thanks for the pointers, I tried compiling native Java a while back and had some problems, but I may try again. (And compling native mozilla takes a really, really long time.) But that also means I can't use Opera, which only has a linux version. And does plugger support linux plugins, even with a native browser? I haven't tried that yet. Thanks! Elvis > Michael > > > > Hello all, > > > > I hope I'm asking a basic question. What should I > do > > to set up my FreeBSD desktop with a browser that > > supports all (or at least most) linux plugins? > > > > I've had no luck with linux_base + > linux-sun-jdk13, > > for example, with linux-opera or linux-mozilla > ports. > > Using 4.7. > > > > Should I be using native browsers? If so, that > means I > > can't download Linux plugins from the net, right? > > > > I'm beginning to think I'm the only one on the > planet > > trying to use FreeBSD as a desktop machine. If > this is > > true, I'd appreciate some honest advice to switch > to a > > Linux distro, for example. I'm sticking with > FreeBSD > > just because I use it on servers and I love it, > but > > I'll switch if I have to. > > > > Any response appreciated, even if it's "whoa, i > > wouldn't do what you're trying to do." > > > > Thanks! > > > > Elvis > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site > > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body > of the message > > > -- > GnuPG Key - http://probsd.org/michael.asc > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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