CentOS - Jul 2008 - Howto: Java Plugin for Firefox 3.0.1?

Can anyone here give me the magic decoder ring recipe for getting jre
"plugged" into Firefox 3.0.1?  The plugins directory is gone and the
Firefox FAQ regarding this issue cryptically mentions that plugin support
has been dropped. It then points one to a early adopter SUN jre1.6-10 page
that has innumerable dependencies which my version of CentOS-5.2 does not
meet.

Firefox 3.0.0 had a plugins directory and it did support the logical link
plugin:

 ls -s libjavaplugin_oji.so
/usr/java/default/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so


I have no clue how to get java to work in FF3.0.1 at the moment.  Any help
would be appreciated.


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James B. Byrne wrote:
> Can anyone here give me the magic decoder ring recipe for getting jre
> "plugged" into Firefox 3.0.1?  The plugins directory is gone and
the
> Firefox FAQ regarding this issue cryptically mentions that plugin support
> has been dropped. It then points one to a early adopter SUN jre1.6-10 page
> that has innumerable dependencies which my version of CentOS-5.2 does not
> meet.
> 
> Firefox 3.0.0 had a plugins directory and it did support the logical link
> plugin:
> 
>  ls -s libjavaplugin_oji.so
> /usr/java/default/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> 
> 
> I have no clue how to get java to work in FF3.0.1 at the moment.  Any help
> would be appreciated.
> 
> 
Can you drop it into /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ ? Flash player puts it's 
plugin in this directory on my installation, and it appears to still be 
working.

Regards,
Max

I readed about this problem when I upgraded from 5.1 to 5.2.

With ff3.0b and ff3.0 and ff3.0.1, I have to create the "plugins"
directory manually and then make the simbolic link.

That were tested and working fine with jre1.6_01 to jre1.6_07.

With jre1.6_10 (in beta now) appears that the jre has this type of plug-in
and another one too, I think when jre1.6_10 were released the installation
proccess will be more automated (and not manual).

I not tested the jre1.6_10, but I readed that they will divide the package
into a java-kernel package and java-client package (or something as this)
and will have more ff3.0 standar plug-in (not the usual link in
"plug-ins"
directory that will be obsoleted).

The last is that I'm not having problems with ff 3.0.1 making the plugins
directory and making the simbolic link.

Regards

El Jue, 17 de Julio de 2008, 21:05, James B. Byrne
escribi?:
> Can anyone here give me the magic decoder ring recipe for getting jre
> "plugged" into Firefox 3.0.1?  The plugins directory is gone and
the
> Firefox FAQ regarding this issue cryptically mentions that plugin support
> has been dropped. It then points one to a early adopter SUN jre1.6-10 page
> that has innumerable dependencies which my version of CentOS-5.2 does not
> meet.
>
> Firefox 3.0.0 had a plugins directory and it did support the logical link
> plugin:
>
>  ls -s libjavaplugin_oji.so
> /usr/java/default/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
>
>
> I have no clue how to get java to work in FF3.0.1 at the moment.  Any help
> would be appreciated.
>
>
> --
> ***          E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel          ***
> James B. Byrne                mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca
> Harte & Lyne Limited          http://www.harte-lyne.ca
> 9 Brockley Drive              vox: +1 905 561 1241
> Hamilton, Ontario             fax: +1 905 561 0757
> Canada  L8E 3C3
>
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