Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:51:39 +0100 From: Beat Gätzi <beat@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/154097: [PATCH] Add steps for Java with Firefox 3.6 to the handbook Message-ID: <201101171951.p0HJpd1k053792@marvin.chruetertee.ch> Resent-Message-ID: <201101172010.p0HKA74f032635@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 154097
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [PATCH] Add steps for Java with Firefox 3.6 to the handbook
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: update
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Jan 17 20:10:07 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Beat Gätzi
>Release: FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD daedalus.network.local 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #3 r216761: Tue Dec 28 15:32:26 CET 2010 root@daedalus.network.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
>Description:
- Attached patch extend the Browsers chapter in the handbook with the
information how to use Java with Firefox 3.6.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- handook-firefox36-java.patch begins here ---
Index: chapter.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.98
diff -u -r1.98 chapter.sgml
--- chapter.sgml 22 Dec 2010 16:53:32 -0000 1.98
+++ chapter.sgml 17 Jan 2011 19:45:32 -0000
@@ -204,11 +204,15 @@
<note>
<para>In this section and in the next two sections, we assume you have
already installed <application>Firefox</application>.</para>
-
- <para>Currently, the &java; plugin does not work with
- <application>Firefox</application> 3.6.</para>
</note>
+ <para>According to the version of <application>Firefox</application>
+ you run various steps are required:</para>
+
+ <procedure>
+ <step>
+ <title>For Firefox 3.5;</title>
+
<para>The &os; Foundation has a license with Sun Microsystems to
distribute &os; binaries for the Java Runtime Environment
(&jre;) and Java Development Kit (&jdk;). Binary packages for
@@ -267,6 +271,31 @@
&arch.i386; architecture, &arch.amd64; packages are also
available.</para>
</note>
+ </step>
+
+ <step>
+ <title>For Firefox 3.6;</title>
+
+ <para>Install <application>OpenJDK 6</application>
+ through the Ports Collection by typing:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/java/openjdk6</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>make config install clean</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Make sure you have selected the WEB option.</para>
+
+ <para>Each user will have to run the following command:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>ln -s /usr/local/openjdk6/jre/lib/IcedTeaPlugin.so \
+ $HOME/.mozilla/plugins/</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Start your browser, enter <literal>about:plugins</literal>
+ in the location bar and press <keycap>Enter</keycap>. A page
+ listing the installed plugins will be displayed; the
+ <application>&java;</application> plugin should be listed there
+ now.</para>
+ </step>
+ </procedure>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="moz-flash-plugin">
--- handook-firefox36-java.patch ends here ---
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