Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 17:54:52 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: Wolfgang Zeikat <w.zeikat@hamburg.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Subject: java plugin for mozilla 1.1 on FBSD 4.7? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210111750420.13818-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <200210112245.15578.w.zeikat@hamburg.de>
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On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Wolfgang Zeikat wrote: > Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 22:45:14 +0200 > From: Wolfgang Zeikat <w.zeikat@hamburg.de> > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Subject: java plugin for mozilla 1.1 on FBSD 4.7? > > Cc: gnome@FreeBSD.org > > > hi, > i installed the mozilla-devel port in freebsd 4.7, it shows no plugins > installed at all, and now i wonder where to get/how to install a java plugin > and plugins for flash, real player stuff and pdf. > > i have linux-netscape-navigator-4.79 installed, can i use it's plugins with > mozilla 1.1? > > mozilla starts with the error: > LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library > /usr/local/jdk1.3.1/jre/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so [Cannot > open "/usr/local/jdk1.3.1/jre/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so"] > > the java/jre port seems to be version jre1.1.8, should that be installed (it > had security issues didn't it)? > > regards, > wolfgang > > One way to get that plugin is to install the FreeBSD port of JDK 1.3.1 - this is an arduous process, but works very well when done. There's a lot of manual schlepping to be done, due I believe, to the license. I installed it, it took about 2 beers to build and setup worked fine! I'm running native mozilla 1.2a, and I have it linked to the plugin in <java>/ns610 and it works fine. (HA! a lot to go through for a native plugin ...:) HTH - JB # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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