docs/137703: [patch] Handbook Section 6.2.2: Firefox and Java plugin covers Java JRE, not JDK
Glen Barber
glen.j.barber at gmail.com
Thu Aug 13 00:00:19 UTC 2009
>Number: 137703
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [patch] Handbook Section 6.2.2: Firefox and Java plugin covers Java JRE, not JDK
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
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>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Aug 13 00:00:18 UTC 2009
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>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Glen Barber
>Release: 8.0-BETA2
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD orion 8.0-BETA2 FreeBSD 8.0-BETA2 #11 r195886: Sun Jul 26 05:27:01 EDT 2009 root at orion:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ORION i386
>Description:
Section 6.2.2, Firefox and Java, assumes the user has the java/diablo-jre* port installed. The plugin location differs when using java/diablo-jdk*.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/desktop-browsers.html#MOZ-JAVA-PLUGIN
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
The attached patch notes the location when using jdk versus jre differs, providing the correct absolute path.
Patch attached with submission follows:
--- handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml.orig 2009-08-12 19:12:30.000000000 -0400
+++ handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml 2009-08-12 19:40:57.000000000 -0400
@@ -232,6 +232,12 @@
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ln -s /usr/local/diablo-jre1.6.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so \
/usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/</userinput></screen>
+ <para>If you are using the <application>Diablo &jdk;</application>
+ package, the plugin location is different than above:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ln -s /usr/local/diablo-jdk1.6.0/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so \
+ /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/</userinput></screen>
+
<para>Then relaunch your browser.</para>
</sect2>
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