www/opera ISSUE Java Plugin missing

Sat Jan 19 16:03:50 UTC 2013

On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:19:24 +0100, awarecons <awarecons at gmail.com> wrote:

>> Are you saying the handbook instructions for enabling java in Opera do  
>> not work, then?
>
> Seems to be so in the case.
>
>> You're doing something wrong, than. Opera 12.12 on my system catches  
>> java/icedtea-web I just installed Opera, launched it, and checked the  
>> plugin list[0,1].
>
> I've installed the same vers. of plugin:
> icedtea-web-1.3.1   A free Java plug-in and Java Web Start for OpenJDK
>
> And, as it was mentioned above, IcedTeaPlugin.so is caught by FireFox,
> SeaMonkey, Chromium and Epiphany even)) except Opera.
>
> List of plugins caught:
> Refresh plug-ins
> Disable Shockwave Flash
> Description: Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202
> Architecture: non-native
> /usr/local/lib/npapi/symlinks/opera/libflashplayer.soapplication/futuresplash
> spl
>
> Disable VLC Multimedia Plugin (compatible Totem 2.32.0)
> Description: The Totem 2.32.0 plugin handles video and audio streams.
> Architecture: native
> /usr/local/lib/npapi/symlinks/opera/libtotem-cone-plugin.soaudio/midi  
> midi,mid
>
> Disable Windows Media Player Plug-in 10 (compatible; Totem)
> Description: The Totem 2.32.0 plugin handles video and audio streams.
> Architecture: native
> /usr/local/lib/npapi/symlinks/opera/libtotem-gmp-plugin.sovideo/x-msvideo
> avi,asf,wmv
>
> Disable DivX® Web Player
> Description: DivX Web Player version 1.4.0.233
> Architecture: native
> /usr/local/lib/npapi/symlinks/opera/libtotem-mully-plugin.sovideo/divx  
> divx
>
> Disable QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6
> Description: The Totem 2.32.0 plugin handles video and audio streams.
> Architecture: native
> /usr/local/lib/npapi/symlinks/opera/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.sovideo/mp4
> mp4,mpg4
>
> Disable DjView-4.9
> Description: This is the DjView-4.9 version of the DjVu plugin. See  
> DjVuLibre.
> Architecture: native
> /usr/local/lib/npapi/symlinks/opera/nsdejavu.soimage/x-djvu djvu,djv
>
> Enable Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_38
> Description: The next generation Java plug-in for Mozilla browsers.
> Architecture: non-native
> /usr/local/lib/npapi/symlinks/opera/libnpjp2.soapplication/x-java-vm

Isn't this what you are looking for?
Why does this one have 'Enable' in front of it? Is that some kind of text  
of a 'button' you copy-pasted?

Ronald.

>
> Enable Adobe Reader 9.5
> Description: The Adobe Reader plugin is used to enable viewing of PDF
> and FDF files from within the browser.
> Architecture: non-native
> /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/nppdf.soapplication/pdf pdf
>
> Disable Adobe Reader 9.5
> Description: The Adobe Reader plugin is used to enable viewing of PDF
> and FDF files from within the browser.
> Architecture: native
> /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/npwrapper.nppdf.so
>
> Obvious diff. is in arch (i386) and osvers. (9.0-REL-p5), but it would
> be strange if it really matters in the case...
>
> May there be such dependence that java/icedtea-web needs to be
> installed _strictly_ after browser(s) installation, not before?
>
> 2013/1/18 Joseph A. Nagy, Jr <jnagyjr1978 at gmail.com>:
>> On 01/18/13 09:06, awarecons wrote:
>>>
>>> As it was mentioned above: since Opera 10.50 it doesn't use Java
>>> directly, hence it looks for a special Java plugin file libnpjp2.so
>>> and ONLY!
>>>
>>> The problem is that the file libnpjp2.so residues in
>>> linux-sun-jre1[67] only, not in openjdk nor diablo nor jdk16 editions,
>>> though available is non-native only.
>>
>>
>> Are you saying the handbook instructions for enabling java in Opera do  
>> not
>> work, then?
>>
>>
>>> Cut from opera:plugins (java/linux-sun-jre16):
>>> Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_38
>>> Description: The next generation Java plug-in for Mozilla browsers.
>>> Architecture: non-native
>>> /usr/local/lib/npapi/symlinks/opera/libnpjp2.so
>>>
>>> Of course it fails to start properly and crashes after is called.
>>>
>>> A try to nspluginwrapper it fails:
>>>
>>> nspluginwrapper -v -i  
>>> /usr/local/linux-sun-jre1.6.0/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so
>>> *** NSPlugin Viewer *** ERROR: libnpjp2.so: cannot open shared object
>>> file: No such file or directory
>>> *** NSPlugin Viewer *** ERROR: libnpjp2.so: cannot open shared object
>>> file: No such file or directory
>>> nspluginwrapper: no appropriate viewer found for libnpjp2.so
>>>
>>> Opera 12.12 rejects classic plugin file javaplugin-oji.so and
>>> IcedTeaPlugin.so (tested).
>>>
>>> It would be keen to update the Handbook part 7.2.5 Opera of
>>>
>>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop-browsers.html,
>>> that it doesn't support java/icedtea-web anymore?
>>>
>>> All the steps from Handbook had been taken, and IcedTeaPlugin.so is
>>> caught by FireFox, SeaMonkey, Chromium... but Opera 12.12
>>
>>
>> You're doing something wrong, than. Opera 12.12 on my system catches
>> java/icedtea-web I just installed Opera, launched it, and checked the  
>> plugin
>> list[0,1].
>>
>>
>>> .
>>> Additional Notes from Oracle
>>>
>>> (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/manual-plugin-install-linux-136395.html):
>>>
>>> The classic plugin file was located here:
>>>
>>> <JRE>/plugin/i386/javaplugin-oji.so
>>>
>>>
>>> __This file should no longer be used and all symbolic links to it
>>> removed__.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>> [0]: http://www.joseph-a-nagy-jr.us/images/problems/opera-version.png
>> [1]: http://www.joseph-a-nagy-jr.us/images/problems/opera-plugins.png
>>
>> --
>> Yours in Christ,
>>
>> Joseph A Nagy Jr
>> "Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction
>> is stupid." -- Proverbs 12:1
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