Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:58:45 -0400 From: bdsfbsd@att.net To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: jdk and java plugin for newbies - icedtea6-stubs and openjdk6? Message-ID: <op.vdzwb7zchtl4zj@ack5833s2.ad.service.osu.edu>
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Hi all, Its all the rage lately for newbies to ask why they can't get Java to work with Firefox 3.6 on FreeBSD. I've been searching, found many threads, same question, few answers. I'm looking to get a working JDK, regardless of whether I might succeed in getting FF 3.6 to work (I don't mind using an older version of FF) but solving the plugin problem at the same time would be nice. I see in the ports collection these two: http://www.freshports.org/java/icedtea6-stubs/ http://www.freshports.org/java/openjdk6/ I wonder what "stubs" means.. As I understand it, IcedTea provides a browser plugin, and openjdk6 appears to be at JDK 6 Release 11, which is sufficient for FF 3.6, so would installing the above two ports put me on the road toward a functioning JDK _and_ FF 3.6? I understand I may have to make a symlink in ./mozilla/plugins or some such other detail, but do I have the main idea right here? Is this the answer to all the "Java not working with Firefox" requests that are going around lately? Thanks, Brian
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