I'm really sorry! My mistake! I left out that you've got to change the permissions of the file before you can open it. The quickest way is from a terminal as root go...
 
chmod 777 j2sdk-1_4_2-nb-3_5_1-bin-linux.bin [enter]
 
It was late here, and I was a little bleary eyed from the weekend. I was afraid I was going to leave out something! I checked it 3 times and still did! sorry!

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ahh.. isnt it reassuring that ill always be here with a ton of problems...

The thing though is that I, and especially you are learning a great deal that will help make things far easier later on.

mans my girlfriend dumped me, failed school, and its all because you messed up on giving me that 1 command line... lol jk na, it looks like its gonna work... install going good..ill post back if it works

ok.. umm
 
this file doesnt exist here
/opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610
 
i do have a
/root/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610
 
containing that.. problem is... ive tried linking the 1 at the root to /home/neus/.mozilla/plugins... doesnt show up under the plugin page, and i tested and it didnt show the applets still...
 
*edit*
should i put the plugin where you told me, or to
/usr/lib/mozilla-1.4/plugins/
???
i dont understand all this file junk and where to put yet really...

umm/??? right?? oh yeh... whered u get that windows emulator... are there any free ones? cause i would like a windows emulator on my machine...
 
;( ;( ;( whered ur post go?
*EDIT*
oops.. somehow my reply to the other post of urs in the missing icons topic got put here... 8)

So Mandrake put it under root. It should work ok there, but you may have to change permissions so you can use it. As root, go...
 
cd /root [enter]
 
Then:
 
chmod 755 -R j2sdk_nb/ [enter]
 
That should change the permissions to where you can use it.
If this does not work, you may have to use the other plugin...(see next post..)

You may have to do this again, but with an adjustment. From this point go...
 
Bring up two instances of konqueror on your desktop and place them side by side. In one go to:
 
/opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32
 
(Notice everything is the same except you'll be using the plugin in ns610-gcc32 instead of ns610)
 
In the other, go to:
 
/home/whatever your home directory is called/.mozilla/plugins
 
You will see the plugin in the java diectory called libjavaplugin_oji.so
 
Now, click and drag it to your /home/whatever your home directory is called/.mozilla/plugins
directory and release it. A box will come up giving you a choice of : copy here, move here, link here, cancel. Click on "link here."

Quote: ;( ;( ;( whered ur post go?
*EDIT*
oops.. somehow my reply to the other post of urs in the missing icons topic got put here... 8)
LOL! That's because I accidently put it here rather than over there, then deleted it here to put it over there! You must have seen it here and replied to it in the minute or so it was here before I realized my mistake! LOL!

yeh i check forums every min ... lol

nope.. that didnt work.. plugin still not there

java hates me ive tried everythin u said... not work (i replaced ur /opt/ with my /root/ cause my /opt/ folder didnt have it. stupid java (note: i did not say stupid linux its the java plugin and stupid mozilla causing problems.. mostly the java plugin)
 
*Edit*
I noticed flash which is working, has two files in the plugin folder...
flashplayer.so
flashplayer.xpt
 
but java only has
libjavaplugin_oji.so
 
do i need a
libjavaplugin_oji.xpt
;( ;(
 
oh well... ill sit here and play astroids till you respond ...

My ~/.mozilla/plugins directory doesn't have libjavaplugin_oji.xpt and everything works. I don't know for Mandrake, you could try it. By the way, that last set of directions for ns610-gcc32 I forgot to change it to use it from /root instead of /opt. There should be another j2sdk_nb directory somewhere else in your files. I have one in /root but also in opt. Does a ...
 
locate j2sdk_nb [enter]
 
only turn up only one for you in /root?
 
Oh well, it will still work from the /root directory if that is the only place Mandrake put it, and you have permissions changed to :
 
chmod 755 -R j2sdk_nb
 
in /root.

nope... doesnt work.. ive tried doing all that.... can i log in as root in kde, then copy the file and put it into opt? will this open it up to all users nomatter what?

OK, I've found this and it is essentially the same directions I gave, only he gives how to create the symlink from the command line. It could be I'm not being clear or have not translated something well. Check this link out and try it. I would redo the java install and when it asks for where to put it, I would put it in /opt. At any rate, his description on how to do it should add understanding.

i decided to start from the top and download the file again.. brb...

nope... didnt work...
 
ok.. how do i get rid off all the previous plugins ive attempted to install?? plus, which directory to i put the plugin in... ive got like 100 of em...
i have
 
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
/usr/lib/mozilla-1.4/plugins
/home/neus/.mozilla/plugins
/root/.mozilla/plugins
 
those are the ones i could find... which one!!!?? and how do i uninstall all the extra ones i dont need?
 
ok, ive been looking in each folder, and /usr/mozilla-1.4/ one looks the most like the real place... it has all the mozilla files in it too... the /home/neus/.mozilla is empty cept plugins, the /root/.mozilla is the same as the /home/ one and the usr/lib/mozilla/plugins... whatya know, the same pretty much....
so im guessing to /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4/plugins?? only problem is, its already there... and it wont let me copy over it...
 
oh yeh, im moving back to the states, so we are switching to a hotel while the packers finish off our house. i dont know how often i will get internet once there, and if it will be on this laptop.. soo yeh... i might be able to check at least 1nce a day for bout one hours worth... nyways, im goin to bed... see if you can solve anything... ill be able to check agian in the morning till the movers come... which i dont know when they come.. cya.. oh yeh.. it could be that i wont show up again on this forum till after jan 1st when im back in the states...

You can delete all those libjavaplugin_oji.so by cding as root to the respective directories, then do:
 
rm libjavaplugin_oji.so [enter]
 
If you have a link to libjavaplugin_oji.so in your /home/Neus/.mozilla
 
directory that is a link to:
 
/root/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/ libjavaplugin_oji.so
 
and the permissions are set right, there is absolutely no reason I'm aware of why it shouldn't work. How are you testing it? After making the symlink, go here and tell me if you see a steaming cup of "java" in the upper left hand corner of the map followed by a animated "loop"

I hope you figure this out. I hate to leave things like this "dangling!"
Good Luck..

8)
 
IT WORKS!!!
 
and i know why... ok, i was having problems whenever i tried to delete the one back in /home/neus/.mozilla/plugins.... i couldnt delete it via the window... so i left it there... but it was the version that didnt work (wasnt the whatever610-gcc whatever one) so then i just had to go in delete it from the konsole, then ln it back in with the proper file... also i switched the /root/ directory one and reinstalled it to /usr/lib/ to make access easier... and i deleted the root one... (yeh i know i was goin to bed.. i got bored of going to bed and decided to get back on )

Hoooray!!! We did it! (It wasn't pretty, but we did it!). The big thing is, you learned a great deal about how Linux works in the process! Congratulations! I suggest you take a break from this type stuff for a while... The next time you do something in Linux, you'll have a great deal of understanding behind you! Good Luck!