Still no java

[Jeanette Russo]

I folowed this to the letter buy still no working Java
as verified on the test page at Sun Java

This is from the Unoffical Fedora FAQ

As suggested to me by someone on the list.  The
directions are quite clear and I followed them exactly
and nothing failed to build.

Does anyone have a working Java plugin and how did you
do it?

Thanks Jeanette

You should have the Java Software Development Kit on
your desktop. It is a file whose name looks like:

jdk-1_5_0_07-linux-i586.bin
Open a Terminal.
Become root:

su -
Make sure the "rpm-build" package is installed:

yum install rpm-build
Change back to your home directory (instead of root's
home directory):

cd ~username

Where "username" is your normal username.
Move the JDK to the RPM Building "sources" directory:

mv Desktop/jdk-* /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/
Download the JPackage Java 1.5.0.07 Source RPM. Click
on the link that looks something like
"java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.07-1jpp.nosrc.rpm." Then, on the
next page, pick where you want to download the file
from. This should download the package to your
desktop.
Go back to the same root terminal you were in before.
Build the Java RPM (using the file that you just
downloaded):

rpmbuild --rebuild Desktop/java-1.5.0-sun*src.rpm
This will create a bunch of RPMs in
/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i586/. You can install them by
doing:

yum -y localinstall
/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i586/java-1.5.0-sun-*
Now you want to enable the Java plugin for your web
browser:

ln -s
/usr/lib/jvm/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

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[Arthur Pemberton]

On 7/1/06, Jeanette Russo  wrote:
> I folowed this to the letter buy still no working Java
> as verified on the test page at Sun Java
>
> This is from the Unoffical Fedora FAQ
>
> As suggested to me by someone on the list.  The
> directions are quite clear and I followed them exactly
> and nothing failed to build.
>
> Does anyone have a working Java plugin and how did you
> do it?
>
> Thanks Jeanette
>
> You should have the Java Software Development Kit on
> your desktop. It is a file whose name looks like:
>
> jdk-1_5_0_07-linux-i586.bin
> Open a Terminal.
> Become root:
>
> su -
> Make sure the "rpm-build" package is installed:
>
> yum install rpm-build
> Change back to your home directory (instead of root's
> home directory):
>
> cd ~username
>
> Where "username" is your normal username.
> Move the JDK to the RPM Building "sources" directory:
>
> mv Desktop/jdk-* /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/
> Download the JPackage Java 1.5.0.07 Source RPM. Click
> on the link that looks something like
> "java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.07-1jpp.nosrc.rpm." Then, on the
> next page, pick where you want to download the file
> from. This should download the package to your
> desktop.
> Go back to the same root terminal you were in before.
> Build the Java RPM (using the file that you just
> downloaded):
>
> rpmbuild --rebuild Desktop/java-1.5.0-sun*src.rpm
> This will create a bunch of RPMs in
> /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i586/. You can install them by
> doing:
>
> yum -y localinstall
> /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i586/java-1.5.0-sun-*
> Now you want to enable the Java plugin for your web
> browser:
>
> ln -s
> /usr/lib/jvm/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

How far did you get with those intructins? That's what I did, and it
works for me.

[Anne Wilson]

On Sunday 02 July 2006 01:24, Jeanette Russo wrote:
> I folowed this to the letter buy still no working Java
> as verified on the test page at Sun Java
>
> This is from the Unoffical Fedora FAQ
>
> As suggested to me by someone on the list.  The
> directions are quite clear and I followed them exactly
> and nothing failed to build.
>
> Does anyone have a working Java plugin and how did you
> do it?
>
> Thanks Jeanette
>
> You should have the Java Software Development Kit on
> your desktop. It is a file whose name looks like:
>
> jdk-1_5_0_07-linux-i586.bin
> Open a Terminal.
> Become root:
>
> su -
> Make sure the "rpm-build" package is installed:
>
> yum install rpm-build
> Change back to your home directory (instead of root's
> home directory):
>
> cd ~username
>
> Where "username" is your normal username.
> Move the JDK to the RPM Building "sources" directory:
>
> mv Desktop/jdk-* /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/
> Download the JPackage Java 1.5.0.07 Source RPM. Click
> on the link that looks something like
> "java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.07-1jpp.nosrc.rpm." Then, on the
> next page, pick where you want to download the file
> from. This should download the package to your
> desktop.
> Go back to the same root terminal you were in before.
> Build the Java RPM (using the file that you just
> downloaded):
>
> rpmbuild --rebuild Desktop/java-1.5.0-sun*src.rpm
> This will create a bunch of RPMs in
> /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i586/. You can install them by
> doing:
>
> yum -y localinstall
> /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i586/java-1.5.0-sun-*
> Now you want to enable the Java plugin for your web
> browser:
>
> ln -s
> /usr/lib/jvm/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

I followed the instructions at
 http://www.city-fan.org/tips/JpackageJava

Anne

[Ed Greshko]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> I followed the instructions at
>  http://www.city-fan.org/tips/JpackageJava

One thing you could try....

Quit firefox and then delete the file ~/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat

And restart firefox.

[Chong Yu Meng]

On Sat, 2006-07-01 at 17:24 -0700, Jeanette Russo wrote:
> ln -s
> /usr/lib/jvm/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

Hi Jeanette,

A few things for you to try:

1. Can you type in "which java" and hit <Enter> and show us the output?

2. I'm not sure if you are using the right plug-in or if it is going to
the right place (I have not used Sun's Java on Linux before). You seem
to be using the Netscape 7 plugin (note: ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so).
Although, IIRC, Netscape 7 is somewhat compatible to Mozilla and
Firefox, but can you see if there is a mozilla or firefox directory?
Further, there are 2 types of plug-ins for IBM's Java, one compiled with
GTK2 and another for netscape. Can you see if there is a "gtk2" version
for Sun's Java?

3. Open a browser window and type this in the address bar,
"about:plugins" and hit <Enter> and see if you can see the Java plug-in
registered. It's one more step to check if the browser has indeed
recognized and registered the plug-in, which means that the problem
could be with the applet itself.

[Ric Moore]

On Sat, 2006-07-01 at 17:24 -0700, Jeanette Russo wrote:
> I folowed this to the letter buy still no working Java
> as verified on the test page at Sun Java
>
> This is from the Unoffical Fedora FAQ
>
> As suggested to me by someone on the list.  The
> directions are quite clear and I followed them exactly
> and nothing failed to build.
>
> Does anyone have a working Java plugin and how did you
> do it?

It's working for me, using the instructions I provided before. Did you
dnload the rpm or the bin file? The bin file is the only one that worked
for me. It'll tell you to chmod +x name-of-bin-file then just
type ./name-of-bin-file for it to execute and install itself. Then
create the link and restart firefox. That should do the trick! I guess
you might rpm -e the name-of-rpm-file you probably installed by error.
Ric

[Brian in Maine]

Jeanette Russo wrote:
> I folowed this to the letter buy still no working Java
> as verified on the test page at Sun Java
>
> This is from the Unoffical Fedora FAQ
>
> As suggested to me by someone on the list.  The
> directions are quite clear and I followed them exactly
> and nothing failed to build.
>
> Does anyone have a working Java plugin and how did you
> do it?
>
> Thanks Jeanette
>
> You should have the Java Software Development Kit on
> your desktop. It is a file whose name looks like:
>
> jdk-1_5_0_07-linux-i586.bin
> Open a Terminal.
> Become root:
>
> su -
> Make sure the "rpm-build" package is installed:
>
> yum install rpm-build
> Change back to your home directory (instead of root's
> home directory):
>
> cd ~username
>
> Where "username" is your normal username.
> Move the JDK to the RPM Building "sources" directory:
>
> mv Desktop/jdk-* /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/
> Download the JPackage Java 1.5.0.07 Source RPM. Click
> on the link that looks something like
> "java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.07-1jpp.nosrc.rpm." Then, on the
> next page, pick where you want to download the file
> from. This should download the package to your
> desktop.
> Go back to the same root terminal you were in before.
> Build the Java RPM (using the file that you just
> downloaded):
>
> rpmbuild --rebuild Desktop/java-1.5.0-sun*src.rpm
> This will create a bunch of RPMs in
> /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i586/. You can install them by
> doing:
>
> yum -y localinstall
> /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i586/java-1.5.0-sun-*
> Now you want to enable the Java plugin for your web
> browser:
>
> ln -s
> /usr/lib/jvm/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
>
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
> http://mail.yahoo.com

I used the Stanton-Finley method to get my Java running and it was 
fairly simple.
Stanton-Finley 
http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html#Java

[Ric Moore]

On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 08:18 -0400, Brian in Maine wrote:
> Jeanette Russo wrote:
> I used the Stanton-Finley method to get my Java running and it was 
> fairly simple.
> Stanton-Finley 
> http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html#Java

Trust this advice  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
... it works. Plain and simple and it will pass the java test you
mentioned, when you are done. Sure as God made the little green apples,
Stanton-finley's method works. Ric