On Tue, April 17, 2007 12:35 pm, Leonardo Pinheiro wrote: > On 4/16/07, Benjamin Sher <delphi123 at zebra.net> wrote: >> Dear friends: >> >> I installed Sun's Java manually by downloading their Red Hat RPM. I >> followed >> instructions and the install came off fine (Done!), but when I try to >> play >> it, it won't work. I imagine that I probably need to create a symbolic >> link >> to the plugin. Here is the info: >> >> [sher at localhost ~]$ whereis java >> java: /usr/bin/java /etc/java /usr/lib/java /usr/share/java >> [sher at localhost ~]$ >> >> Could you please help me by suggesting the command and link for this? >> >> Thank you so much. >> >> Benjamin > > Benjamin, > > I have done that before (just installed the rpm), and it worked without > hassle. > > Well, you may try to configure it with: > > alternatives --config java > > If this doesn't solve, there's an entry in the CentOS Wiki that helps > setting up Java. > > > Leonardo If you cant get java to work in firefox follow these steps: Download the Sun Java rpm from http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp cd /usr/java cp /path/to/jre-[version]-linux-i586-rpm.bin . chmod a+x jre-[version]-linux-i586-rpm.bin ./jre-[version]-linux-i586-rpm.bin rpm -ivh jre-[version]-linux-i586.rpm cd /usr/lib/firefox-[version]/plugins ln -s /usr/java/jre[version]/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so . -- Matt Martz CentOS Mirror Admin mdmartz at gflug.net