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Hi, I have a question about Java applet and Java plug-in in Linux.
I am developing a Java applet and I want to be able to run it on Linux. But
I don't know what to do to make it run.
I thought installing Java plug-in (JRE) for Linux from Sun will do the
trick, but it didn't. When the browser opens a Java applet, it was forwarded
to the Sun's JRE download page and no more. In windows, the browser
automatically download and install an appropriate JRE if it is not installed
and the Applet runs.

Is there any way to do that in Linux (I am using RedHat 7.3 and I test
Nescape and Mozilla)?

Thanks in advance.

YJ

Quote:> Hi, I have a question about Java applet and Java plug-in in Linux.
> I am developing a Java applet and I want to be able to run it on Linux.
But
> I don't know what to do to make it run.
> I thought installing Java plug-in (JRE) for Linux from Sun will do the
> trick, but it didn't.

That *should* do the trick.  If the browser in question doesn't find java,
it means you most likely mis-installed it.  For netscape, files from the
jre's plugin folder have to be copied to /usr/lib/netscape/plugins... For
mozilla, symlinks to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins are supposed to work (or copy
there too), but I've personally never been able to get *anY* version of
mozilla to use *any* version of the java plugin (except that it(java) works
for root, but only root).

Quote:> Is there any way to do that in Linux (I am using RedHat 7.3 and I test
> Nescape and Mozilla)?

Don't think so, since installing the jre most likely requires root access,
which 99.9% of linux users don't have (when not logged in as root, that
is...).

-- Rex

I made this link AND upgraded mozilla and minor subversion: Mozilla looks
for libjavaplugin_oji.so, NOT libjavaplugin_jni.so.

ln -s /usr/java/j2sdk1.4/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so
/usr/lib/mozilla-1.1b/plugins/

I'm using this version, mozilla-1.1-0.branch.2mdk. The version before
did not work for me.

Quote:>> Is there any way to do that in Linux (I am using RedHat 7.3 and I test
>> Nescape and Mozilla)?

> Don't think so, since installing the jre most likely requires root access,
> which 99.9% of linux users don't have (when not logged in as root, that
> is...).

If you do not have root access, you can install the plugin for your user
only.

ln -s /usr/java/j2sdk1.4/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so
.mozilla/plugins/

Get the TAR packega instream of the RPM and installa it under your own user.
Root access is not needed. RPM's can also be installed locally sometimes
if you create and use your own rpm database.

-- robin