Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:58:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Dino Vliet <dino_vliet@yahoo.com> To: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-java@freebsd.org Cc: Dino Vliet <dino_vliet@yahoo.com>, glewis@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: java plugin for Firefox on AMD64 running FreeBSD 6.3 Message-ID: <807326.18380.qm@web51111.mail.re2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200803211151.33269.jkim@FreeBSD.org>
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Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> wrote: On Friday 21 March 2008 08:46 am, Dino Vliet wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm lost at finding a solution for getting the java plugin to work > in Firefox 2.11 on my AMD64 system running FreeBSD 6.3. > > I've upgraded my ports and the diablo-jdk version is: > pkg_info | grep diablo > diablo-jdk-1.5.0.07.01_9 Java Development Kit 1.5.0_07.01 > > The handbook said I needed the JRE so I installed that as well: > > pkg_info | grep diablo > diablo-jdk-1.5.0.07.01_9 Java Development Kit 1.5.0_07.01 > diablo-jre-1.5.0.07.01_9 Java Runtime Environment 1.5.0_07.01 > > But now I need to do this in order to see the java plugin activated > when I press about:plugins: > > # ln -s > /usr/local/diablo-jre1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so \ > /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/ > > But I don't have a plugin directory in the > /usr/local/diablo-jre1.5.0 directory, so I won't have that file > libjavaplugin_oji.so either. diablo-jdk/-jre does not have Mozilla plugin for amd64. You have to build *JDK* from ports with plugin support, i.e., ports/java/jdk15 or ports/java/jdk16. Jung-uk Kim Works Perfect:-) I've installed jdk15 and the plugin worked immediately. Thanks a lot, because this means I can continue using my FreeBSD desktop iso switching to a linux pc whenever I needed to work at home. Ciao Dino --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.
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