Firefox Java Plugins

[Craig White]

Bad idea

Craig

On Sat, 2007-09-01 at 13:46 -0700, Shawn Badger wrote:
> I just used the fedora-helper script to get my Java working properly.
> It also adds mp3 support plus much more. It also works on 7 by just
> changing the version in the script to be 7 instead of 6. You can find
> it at http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Fedora_Helper.html 
> 
> 
> 
> On 9/1/07, Harold Michels <hmichels01 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>         I am running Fedora Core 6.
>         
>         Core 6, coming out of the box runs Firefox version 1.5
>         I up graded it to version 2.0
>         This was early days in my use of the system.
>         I did not know how to upgrade properly, and probably still do
>         not as I have 
>         to let yum do it automagically.
>         I found out afterward that Fedora does not like and is not
>         supporting
>         version 2.0.
>         I don't know exactly where the new version of Firefox went to.
>         RPM put it
>         somewhere.
>         I have managed to set up shortcuts to it that work to launch
>         version MailScanner warning: numerical links are often
>         malicious:2.0.0.3.
>         When the system launches the program it launches Firefox
>         version1.5.
>         Into this mix I am trying to get Java plugin to run in Firefox
>         MailScanner warning: numerical links are often
>         malicious:2.0.0.3.
>         Per the web site I am supposed to create a symbolic link to
>         the java .so file
>            "libjavaplugin_oji.so"
>         This is in the download directory which in turn is in my home
>         directory. 
>         
>         It is there because I do not understand how Linux handles the
>         files as to
>         where they are supposed to be stored. In spite of many hours
>         of research, I
>         still find my self very ignorant. It almost looks like it does
>         not matter. 
>         If this the case I stand astonished.
>         
>         At any rate, per instructions from Mozilla I created a
>         symbolic link to the
>         target file and put it in the .mozilla/plugins folder. After
>         restarting
>         Firefox, I still do not find java in my plugin window "Tools |
>         Add Ins" 
>         
>         I can see many things I may have done wrong, but I am not sure
>         how to fix them.
>         
>         I would like to get Java running so I can participate in
>         Alan's Robocode demo.
>         
>         
>         Harold
>         
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