Subject: Re: Java plugin for mozilla 0.9.7
From: Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
Date: Sun Dec 23 2001 - 14:34:26 MST
I downloaded the jdk 1.3 RPMs from:
I ALSO have the IBM JRE installed on my machine. You can get it from:
http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/yellowdog/1.0/extras/yellowdog-2.1/ppc/IBMJava2-JRE-1.3.0-3.ppc.html
I don't know if you really need to install the IBM jre, but since it is
installed on my machine and Java support works in Mozilla 0.9.7, I am adding
it as a step here.
I also made sure the 'java' executable was in my PATH. Just to be sure, I
added it both to /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc
e.g.
PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/jdk13/bin:/usr/lib/jre/jre/bin"
export PATH
To make sure the java executable is found, after adding it to your profile
and bashrc, open a Konsole or Terminal window in KDE and type:
which java
You should get:
/usr/local/jdk13/bin/java
If not ... then your path is still incorrect.
Having installed the rpm, I got the Mozilla 0.9.7 distribution from:
http://www.thecodefactory.org/neillm/yellowdog.php3#mozilla-0-9-7
I unzipped the mozilla distribution in my home directory, and Java support
worked right away without having to do anything special.
That's how I did it ... dunno whether it will work for others ;-) Please let
people know if this procedure works for you.
Thanks!
-- Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
On Sunday 23 December 2001 10:01, you wrote:
> Ok, I am trying to get the java plugin installed for mozilla, but I
> don't seem to get anywhere here.
>
> First I just used the (blackdown) j2re-1.3.0 rpm package that was on the
> yellowdog 2.1 distribution, together with mozilla 0.9.6.
>
> I first tried to create a softlink to javaplugin.so as described in the
> README file that comes with j2re
>
> Result: mozilla refuses to startup. Instead it outputs the following
> error message:
> INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End: Could not load
> /usr/j2re1.3/plugin/ppc/libjavaplugin_oji.so: linking
> error=/usr/j2re1.3/plugin/ppc/libjavaplugin_oji.so: undefined symbol:
> XtShellStrings
>
> System error?:: Success
>
>
> Next I tried to create a softlink directly to libjavaplugin_oji.so,
> since a message in the ydl mailing list archive said the java plugin
> interface for mozilla had changed several times.
>
> Now I can start mozilla ok, but as soon as java is required on a
> webpage, mozilla core dumps ! Here's the error message on the console:
>
> Register Env [0] proxyenv=268812592 tid=268550056
> Register Env [1] proxyenv=276194600 tid=268550056
>
> browser flags = 2
> Create instance called in JavaPluginFactory5!!!!!!!!
> initilizing the java plugin instantance
> /usr/lib/mozilla-0.9.7/run-mozilla.sh: line 72: 1884 Segmentation fault
> (core dumped) $prog ${1+"$@"}
>
>
> In the meantime I have downloaded (the freshly released) mozilla 0.9.7
> in the hopes that would fix it, but the errors remain the same.
>
> My final hope was to download j2re-1.3.0-PL1, since another message in
> the archives said it was the only working one (thank got for the mailing
> list archives ;-) ). The only pointer I had for this package is
> penguinppc.org. But when I try to download the tar file there, I get a
> 404-file not found error ! The same for the other options there.
>
> So I'm totally stuck now.
>
>
> Can anybody tell me what is the final and correct way to get the java
> plugin running ? And where (apart from penguinppc.org) I could try to
> download the PL1 version of the j2re (or j2sdk, for that matter).
>
> All suggestions are more than welcome.
>
> Geert Janssens
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