[PLUG] Java Plugin for Mozilla (konqueror)

[Michael Smith]

I've got applets working beautifully in mozilla.  I downloaded the java SDK (The
JRE would work just as well) from blackdown.  Then I made a link to the SDK
mozilla plugin (/usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/jre/plugin/i386/mozilla/javaplugin_oji.so)
from the mozilla plugin directory (/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/javaplugin_oji.so).
The directories might be changed a little (I use debian, btw.)  If you have a
java plugin, you can find it with "locate java | grep plugin" or similar.

Another secret of mozilla is to type in the location bar "about:plugins".  That
will tell you the details of all the plugins you're using.  There's also a
mozilla easter egg if you type in "about:mozilla" (works on later netscapes
too.)

And finally, if you have plugins that work in netscape, you can link them into
the mozilla plugins directory if you want to handle certain files (I can now
handle realplayer files and flash in mozilla since I learned this trick.)

For reference, the following are debian sources for the blackdown SDK packages.
They go in /etc/apt/sources.list.
deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/debian woody non-free
deb ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/java/jdk/debian woody non-free

HTH
--Mike

cocofan wrote:

>         I seem to be having problems with getting any applets on web pages to
> to work under the java plugin that Mozilla uses.   I get error messages like
> "applet not initialized" or that it can't find a certain class file or just a
> blank spot.  This is not just on one page but across many different pages.  I
> also know that on some of these pages the applets work because I can pick
> them up with other browsers, like Opera, but I would like to use Mozilla.
> Has anyone gotten java applets to work in Mozilla?  Are there other Java
> Plugins that work better?  I'm using Mozilla 0.9.8 in Mandrake 8.2.
>                            cocofan

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