Java with Mozilla on Red Hat 9
 

When I go to the Netscape Jvm.html to download Java VM for Linux on Mozilla 1.4, after the initial download, it says access denied (not in root at this time) and when I do it in root, the browser packs up and disappears ??? I have tried downloading a huge 77Mb Java installation bin file but at 75% it crashes my machine and I have to reboot. Is there anyway of getting JAVA VM to install correctly on RH9 ?

Download the Java VM directly from java.sun.com, alot smaller than 77mb

Do manual download - linux RPM - follow the instructions provided for extracting and installing the RPM

then make a link to libjavaplugin_oji.so in the mozilla plugin directory.

Once you've got the RPM installed, if you need anymore info...

Okey dokey lemme ssh into my machine now.

okies this doing my head in, Java VM works perfectly in root but not in my name when I sign in ? I have made sure that libjava.so is in /home/username/.mozilla/plugins but it still won't recognise it ?

Just a couple of things to check:

Java is installed in /usr/blah..blah..blah location not in a users home directory yeah? If it is just move the entire java directory to /usr/local or where ever.

i.e mv /javafolder /usr/local


If mozilla is installed in /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4
put the symbolic link in /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4/plugins/ directory

ie.

cd /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4/plugins

ln -s /usr/rest_of_the_path_to/libjavaplugin_oji.so

You shouldn't have to move the libjavplugin_oji.so from it's installed location the ln -s creates a link to it.

Yeah Java is installed in /root.

Apparently a symbolic link was made into the plugins directory but I'll do it again tonight.
Thanks, it things like that this that should be made a lot easier if world domination is to happen but hey I'll get there heh.