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I need to get java working with Firefox 1.5 because I have to browse to site: http://www.hikinghq.net which uses java for navigation. I have read, I think, all pleas for help on this topic here and I still don't see a solution. I have java on my rig here and it works just fine with jinchess, but not with the web browsers.
Does anyone have a simple, understandable, correct method to get java (and Flash) working individually with both Firefox 1.5 and Konqueror?
Let's fix this problem. We can do it !
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worked fine for me when I pacmaned in the jre....
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Firefox menu -> Edit -> Preferences -> Content tab
check "Enable Java"
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worked fine for me when I pacmaned in the jre....
pacman -S j2re
I did this and Firefox still doesn't see or use java.
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Firefox menu -> Edit -> Preferences -> Content tab
check "Enable Java"
I did this and Firefox still doesn't see or use java.
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I had the same problem and did this :
close X
from console
pacman -Rncs j2re
reboot
from console
pacman -Sy j2re
reboot
firefox then saw java again.
I am not sure if both reboots are necessary, but i think the second one IS.
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I am not sure if both reboots are necessary, but i think the second one IS.
Logging out and back in should be enough to update the PATH
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I had the same problem and did this :
close X
from consolepacman -Rncs j2re
reboot
from consolepacman -Sy j2re
reboot
firefox then saw java again.
I am not sure if both reboots are necessary, but i think the second one IS.
Didn't work for me. java is installed:
[rmack@underground ~]$ java -version
java version "1.5.0_06"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_06-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_06-b05, mixed mode, sharing)
[rmack@underground ~]$
But it's not running within Firefox 1.5; http://www.hikinghq.net is not parsing the java code and firefox is prompting me to manually install java from java.com. Here's the problem with that. I have (on another comp, a Xandros 3.0.2 install), for experimentation and expericence, followed the complete instructions from java.com, including tar, link, etc.
I wanted to use pacman with java and avoid using :
find / -name 'Firefox'
find / -name 'java'
Because I thought, if I ask here at Archlinux forums, somebody will know exactly where Firefox and java are typically installed in Arch and share the succinctly precise symbolic link solution with me and maybe even document it for others. (I hope I wasn't asking for too much.)
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Just a note, you can find out exactly where packages are installed to by doing:
pacman -Ql packagename
eg.
$ pacman -Ql j2re | grep mozilla
j2re /opt/mozilla/
j2re /opt/mozilla/lib/
j2re /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/
j2re /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so
So, make sure that /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/libjavaplugin.oji.so is there -- that's where Firefox should expect its plugins.
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Just a note, you can find out exactly where packages are installed to by doing:
pacman -Ql packagename
eg.
$ pacman -Ql j2re | grep mozilla j2re /opt/mozilla/ j2re /opt/mozilla/lib/ j2re /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/ j2re /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so
So, make sure that /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/libjavaplugin.oji.so is there -- that's where Firefox should expect its plugins.
Not sure I follow the pipe 'grep mozilla', but here's where I am.
su
#go to the mozilla plugins directory
cd /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/
# List the files:
[root@underground plugins]# ls -al
total 2054
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 160 2006-03-01 09:19 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 192 2006-02-11 14:58 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 856 2006-02-11 15:09 flashplayer.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2096844 2006-02-11 15:09 libflashplayer.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 2006-03-01 09:19 libjavaplugin_oji.so
[root@underground plugins]#
#notice that libjavaplugin_oji.so is a link to -> /opt/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
# which is (guessing here..) incorrect.
# So we find java
[root@underground plugins]# find / -name 'java'
/opt/java
/opt/java/jre/bin/java
/opt/mozilla/include/firefox-1.5.0.1/java
/opt/openoffice/share/Scripts/java
[root@underground plugins]#
# and we discover the file we must link to at:
[root@underground plugins]# ls -al /opt/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7
total 132
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 88 2006-03-01 06:51 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 104 2006-03-01 06:51 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 135084 2005-11-10 13:44 libjavaplugin_oji.so
[root@underground plugins]#
#and here is where it bombs!
cd /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/
[root@underground plugins]# rm libjavaplugin_oji.so
[root@underground plugins]# ln -s /opt/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
Still doesn't work. Any clue as to why?
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On my system it shows the exact same link, and the libjavaplugin_oji.so is also where the link points.
HikingHqworks fine in my system, have you tried reinstalling firefox ?
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On my system it shows the exact same link, and the libjavaplugin_oji.so is also where the link points.
HikingHqworks fine in my system, have you tried reinstalling firefox ?
I have done my best and come up short, time to reinstall Firefox. How do I do this?
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pacman -Rd mozilla-firefox
pacman -Sy mozilla-firefox
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pacman -Rd mozilla-firefox pacman -Sy mozilla-firefox
Yes, that removed and reinstalled Firefox, but I still have no java.
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sounds like some pesky little problem
have you tried to install any jre package out of packman?
is the firefox browser still in the pad where packman installed it?
or did you get firefox just plain from its website?
-kupo-
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My suggestion is try running firefox as a different user. if that works, delete your ~/.mozilla folder and try again.
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