Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:19:08 -0400 From: bdsfbsd@att.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java plugin with Firefox 3.6 Message-ID: <op.vdzjd6l4htl4zj@ack5833s2.ad.service.osu.edu> In-Reply-To: <73E194E2-9945-4733-AFBA-4591CEAB8790@mac.com> References: <20100607104630.EA5FA1065741@hub.freebsd.org> <20100608003222.A27982@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20100607160834.6f34972f@scorpio> <73E194E2-9945-4733-AFBA-4591CEAB8790@mac.com>
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On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:24:47 -0400, Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote: > On Jun 7, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Jerry wrote: > [ ... ] >> I honestly enjoy satire. That said, it does not change the fact that a >> serviceable version of Java, suitable for Firefox-3.6, does not exist >> within the FreeBSD framework. > > That's pretty much accurate, if you don't want to consider running > FF+Java under Linux emulation. > [ ... ] High-level religious arguments aside, could we get a little advice the for newbie who wants to try using FreeBSD, but needs Java to work with Firefox? (As this is the 'questions' list, and not the 'debate what fBSD devs ought to be working on' list.) Here's what I know, for posterity sake.. Firefox 3.6 needs Java 6 Update 10. [1] For now, as a newbie, I generally try not to install anything not in the ports collection. From there you can find some JREs, but none are at Update 10, including Linux emulation. [2] At this time, the highest I see there is diablo-jre-1.6.0.07.02_8. That's okay, I really wanted the full JDK anyway, so I look for that. [3] There appears to be four flavors available; diablo-jdk, openjdk, jdk and linux-sun-jdk: diablo-jdk-1.6.0.07.02_9 openjdk-7.0.86 (requires diablo-jdk-1.6.0.07.02_9) jdk-1.6.0.3p4_15 (requires diablo-jdk-1.6.0.07.02_9, and is "based on 1.6.0_03 (aka 6u3)") linux-sun-jdk-1.6.0.20 It looks like the Linux version is the only one up-to-date enough for Firefox 3.6. Would that only work with the Linux version of Firefox 3.6? If so, then one must go outside of the ports collection to get it. [4] At this time, the highest version I see in ports is linux-firefox-devel-3.5.9. I suspect the best thing to do would be to go with a current JDK and an older version of (native) Firefox, and not upgrade Firefox until the JDK version gets to Java 6 Update 10, allowing the JDK to upgrade naturally along with the rest of keeping my system up to date. If folks in-the-know around here agree with that, I'll probably start a new thread 'Which JDK?', as I find that confusing. Thanks, Brian [1] http://java.com/en/download/faq/firefox_newplugin.xml [2] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=jre [3] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=jdk&sektion=java [4] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=linux-firefox
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