[CentOS] JRE for x86_64

[Sam Drinkard]

Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote:

> Quoting Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org>:
>
>> They have it available since severals months:
>>
>> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp
>>
>> Do I miss something with your mail and question?
>>
>> I recommend to use jpackage.org to build an RPM which best conforms
>> CentOS/RHEL:
>>
>> http://www.jpackage.org/rpm.php?id=3033
>>
>> I did so myself on x86_64 already this spring.
>
>
> Looking at the spec file, they specifically disable Java plugin for
> Mozilla/Firefox on x86_64.
>
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>
I figured something was up, as after installing and creating the 
symbolic link, when I tried to access a page that requires the 
javascript, the browser vanishes entirely.. not even a momentary pause 
or error message.. just quits like you'd hit the X button! 

Any other way to get java support into firefox short of building the 
thing which I really don't want to do ?


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Snowman