From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 15 18:16:35 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 63E0216A4CE for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:16:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.owt.com (smtp.owt.com [204.118.6.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBDAA43D1F for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:16:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kstewart@owt.com) Received: from [207.41.94.233] (owt-207-41-94-233.owt.com [207.41.94.233]) by smtp.owt.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j1FIGAtH010333; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:16:10 -0800 From: Kent Stewart To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:16:32 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <20050211203055.A5567@starfire.mn.org> <20050215120306.A29913@starfire.mn.org> In-Reply-To: <20050215120306.A29913@starfire.mn.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200502151016.32774.kstewart@owt.com> cc: John Subject: Re: Firefox, java, plugins - need to go back to the port? 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: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:16:35 -0000 On Tuesday 15 February 2005 10:03 am, John wrote: > On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 08:30:55PM -0600, John wrote: > > I installed firefox from the packages, and now that it seems > > like I may have Java installed, I'd like to get the two to play > > together. > > > > I see a few different firefox plugins in /usr/ports/www, but no > > java, and I don't see any references to firefox or plugs in > > /usr/ports/java - clearly, I'm missing a piece of the puzzle. > > > > All my hits on google have talked about rebuilding the port > > after Java is installed. Is that what I have to do? Is there > > no way to get a java plugin without rebuilding the whole port? > > No-one have an anwer or a pointer for me? Is it necessary to install > the JDK (or JRE if we ever get one again) and then build firefox from > ports to get the Java plug-in? That isn't where you look from my experience. I have /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/bin/java and it changes with the version. That is what I add in mozilla. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html