Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 09:28:00 -0700 From: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> To: Ken Gunderson <kgunders@teamcool.net> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (jdk15) Java plugin for firefox - how to enable? Message-ID: <20060209162800.GA93937@misty.eyesbeyond.com> In-Reply-To: <20060208175857.5ee11071.kgunders@teamcool.net> References: <839aec700602051742y7b3612a0pbc24c0b90687c98d@mail.gmail.com> <20060208175857.5ee11071.kgunders@teamcool.net>
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On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 05:58:57PM -0700, Ken Gunderson wrote: > On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 18:42:49 -0700 > Darren Spruell <phatbuckett@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm running FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE on amd64 and would like to get the Sun > > JDK browser plugin set up on my system. I use firefox from ports. > > > > If I understand right, java/jdk15 will build a native JDK for FreeBSD > > on i386 and amd64. http://www.freebsd.org/java/dists/15.html suggests > > that the port will support Web Start and the browser plugin for > > Mozilla and Firefox. > > > > I notice the Makefile for jdk15 checks to see if the architecture is > > amd64 and if so, sets WITHOUT_WEB=yes which the inline comments say > > will cause the browser plugin to not be built. I suspect this is the > > case also because after installing jdk15 I can still only find the > > fyi- I cannot even get jdk15 to build under AMD using fbsd-i386 > WITH_MOZILLA=firefox. The browser plugin wasn't 64 bit clean on either the browser or Java end for Mozilla and Firefox <= 1.0. Firefox 1.5 has changed the interface and it isn't backwards compatible. So currently you are doubly screwed getting the plugin to work on amd64. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org
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