Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I have installed both:
jdk-6u5-linux-i586-rpm.bin jre-6u5-linux-i586-rpm.bin
But no Java plugin in Firefox.
I go to: http://java.com/en/download/help/enable_browser.xml
And yes, Java is enabled but still get the dreaded 'download plugin'.
I seem to recall some magic linking needed, but my docs are in Freemind that I can't get installed either.....
I'm using the icedtea java plugin and it is working out fantastically for my (admittedly rare) java plugin needs.
It's in CentOS Testing. Here's the yum.repos.d entry:
[c5-testing] name=CentOS-5 Testing baseurl=http://dev.centos.org/centos/$releasever/testing/$basearch/ enabled=0 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://dev.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-testing
There's a URL to download it - I don't remember where, someone here will know.
Leave enabled=0 You don't want it enabled for everyday use.
then -
yum --enablerepo=c5-testing update jpackage-utils yum --enablerepo=c5-testing install tzdata-java \ java-1.7.0-icedtea-plugin