[ale] browser plugins

[Dow Hurst]

I have installed the latest mozilla into /usr/local/mozilla and then as 
root installed the java jre that I needed.  You have to watch 
permissions so that when installing the jre that you have world readable 
permissions.  If you don't then the link to the jre tree won't be 
readable by a regular user.  The absolute simplest install is to install 
mozilla as yourself in your home directory as a subdirectory such as 
/home/dhurst/mozilla1.3.  Then install your plugins as usual and the 
stuff will work for you just fine.  The root install works well with 
correct permissions when more than one user is accessing the program.

To have an icon for your new mozilla you must right click on the Desktop 
and create a new icon.  That way you bypass all the preinstalled mozilla 
in SuSE.
Dow

PS.  Not elegant or pretty but it works.

ChangingLINKS.com wrote:

>>Where did you get the java from?  
>>    
>>
>
>Sun.
>Open help->about plugins and see if the java
>  
>
>>stuff is listed there.
>>    
>>
>No. It is not. AND, I cannot find the menu item that helps configure plugins 
>(thought one used to be in Mozilla). Further, I tried installing it using the 
>web site as root.
>
>I followed the directions at http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/javalinux.html and 
>got this error:
>
>root:~ # ln -s /usr/local/j2re1.4.1_03/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so  
>/opt/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so
>ln: `/opt/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so': File exists
>
>What I found was that there was a link there already (except it went to ns600 
>instead of ns610).
>Because java still did not render, I deleted the link and executed the command 
>above again.
>No error. But Java still does not render. Here is what is in the plugin 
>directory:
>
>
>root:/opt/mozilla/plugins # ll
>total 32
>
>flashplayer.xpt -> /usr/lib/browser-plugins/flashplayer.xpt
>java2 libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib/browser-plugins/libflashplayer.so
>libjavaplugin_oji.so -> 
>/usr/local/j2re1.4.1_03/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so
>libnptcl3.0.so -> /usr/lib/browser-plugins/libnptcl3.0.so
>libnullplugin.so
>nppdf.so -> /usr/X11R6/lib/Acrobat5/Browsers/intellinux/nppdf.so
>plugger.so -> /usr/lib/browser-plugins/plugger.so
>
>I did not try the second option for installation because I want to install 
>this for globally.
>Any tips?
>
>  
>

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