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Wilku

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Registered: 2007-07-04

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no Java in firefox

I have installed jre, but firefox still wants a java plugin. It doesn't see that jre is installed. I don't have a javaplugin file. I symlinked javalib.so to firefox/plugins, but still no effects. Anybody knows how can I fix the problem?

Oh yeah, And I'm running arch64.

kth5

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Registered: 2004-04-29

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Re: no Java in firefox

There is no browserplugin for Sun's JRE on x86_64 linux. They don't ship one, you can although tell konqueror to use the java binary diectly in the "Java & Javascript" sections of it's settings. Other than that, I don't see a way except setting up a i686 chroot.

Last edited by kth5 (2007-07-14 10:39:50)

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Wilku

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Registered: 2007-07-04

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Re: no Java in firefox

They don't ship one, you can although tell konqueror to use the java binary diectly in the "Java & Javascript" sections of it's settings

I am quite new to arch and I use gnome, so could you tell me how to do that. I would me most grateful

dmartins

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Registered: 2006-09-23

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Re: no Java in firefox

You would need to install konqueror using pacman. It is the KDE web browser so chances are pacman will want to install a fair number of packages to satisfy dependencies. Once konqueror is installed, my guess is you would run it and open it's settings & look for the Java & Javascript section

Just to clear something up: It's not just 64 bit linux that has no browser plugin for Sun's JRE but also 64 bit Windows & Solaris (which Sun develops!). So it's not just linux being left out in the rain this time!

Wilku

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Registered: 2007-07-04

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Re: no Java in firefox

There is another problem.

Why can't I find Konqueror in the repositories @_@?

High|ander

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Re: no Java in firefox

It is in the kdebase package

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Wilku

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Re: no Java in firefox

Okey thanx. Java works on konqueror, but isn't there any other way to make it work on firefox or Epiphany?

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Re: no Java in firefox

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=34801