From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 24 02:43:56 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DB4116A4CE for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 02:43:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp05.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp05.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C023143D60 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 02:43:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from crzdgns1@starpower.net) Received: from ms07.mrf.mail.rcn.net (207.172.4.13) by smtp05.mrf.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 23 Mar 2005 21:43:56 -0500 X-IronPort-AV: i="3.91,116,1110171600"; d="scan'208"; a="15991385:sNHT20096664" Received: from 216.15.60.30 by ms07.mrf.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.5.6-GR) with HTTP/1.1; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:43:55 -0500 Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:43:55 -0500 From: To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Mirapoint Webmail Direct 3.5.6-GR MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Newbie Java Help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 02:43:56 -0000 Hello, I am having trouble installing Java on my computer. I am primarily interested in the virtual machine. I tried following the instructions in the handbook, to no success. Most recently I tried installing Blackdown. Here is what I did. I went to the Ports collection as root and found linux-blackdown-jdk1.4.2 and performed make install clean. There were no error messages. That sequence created a directory (/usr/local/linux-blackdown-jdk1.4.2). Next, I changed directories (/usr/X11R6/lib/mozilla/plugins) and created a symbolic link to libjavaplugins_oji.so (ln -s /usr/local/linux-blackdown-jdk1.4.2/jre/plugins/ i386/mozilla/libjavaplugins_oji.so). Next, I exited root and became user. Then I typed %export PATH=/usr/local/linux-blackdown-jdk1.4.2/bin:$PATH Then I exited all open terminals and restarted Mozilla with mozilla, and the following error messages were reported. >Error: No running window found. >LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library >/usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins/ShockwaveFlash_linux.so >[/usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins/ShockwaveFlash_linux >.so: invalid file format] >LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library >/usr/local/linux-blackdown-jd >k1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/mozilla/libjavaplugin_oji.so [Shared >object "libdl.so.2" not found, required by >"libjavaplugin_oji.so"] I am a newbie to UNIX and FreeBSD. I am running FreBSD 5.3-RELEASE on an old pentium II celeron. I use Blackbox as my window manager. I have Mozilla 1.7.2. Most of the other technical issues I have had while learning about UNIX and FreeBSD have been about my failure to read something thoroughly, but this time I think I have done everything I was supposed to do and am still lost. Please help. Thank you Mark