Can Java just shoot me?

[Karl Larsen]

Craig White wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 19:24 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> Knute Johnson wrote:
>>     
>>>> On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 14:27 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>> Sun's java (neither 32 nor 64 bit) will run as plugin inside of 64 bit
>>>> firefox
>>>>
>>>> Craig
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Craig:
>>>
>>> I thought there was supposed to be some software to make that work.  
>>> Somebody else here mentioned it a couple of days ago.
>>>
>>> Just curious,
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>     Well I have F7 and F7-64bit and F8 on this computer and after a day 
>> of gaining information and finding things I have Java running on F7 and 
>> F8 both 32 bit machines. Another expert said you have to compile a new 
>> Firefox for a 64 bit system with special words to make sure the new one 
>> is 32 bit. It *SHould* work then on 64 bit system.
>>     
> ----
> you are talking apples and I am talking oranges
>
> I clearly stated running as a plugin within Firefox
>
> Please pay attention.
> ----
>   
>>     If I knew how bad this was going to be I would never have started 
>> trying to make Java work. It is just TOO HARD!
>>     
> ----
> and from what I gather, you had no reason to do so, your needs
> undoubtedly would have been met with java-compat version automatically
> included in Fedora.
>
> let's see if you actually got it to work...what do you get when you type
> (as root)
>
> alternatives --config java
>
> ?
>
> Craig
>
>   
[root at k5di ~]# alternatives --config java

There is 1 program that provides 'java'.

  Selection    Command
-----------------------------------------------
*+ 1           /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.5.0-gcj/bin/java

Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number:


I seem to have one.

And this is on F7. The F8 may not be right but the test web page worked....




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