Firefox, java, plugins - need to go back to the port?

[John]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 08:30:55PM -0600, John wrote:
> I installed firefox from the packages, and now that it seems
> like I may have Java installed, I'd like to get the two to play
> together.
> 
> I see a few different firefox plugins in /usr/ports/www, but no
> java, and I don't see any references to firefox or plugs in
> /usr/ports/java - clearly, I'm missing a piece of the puzzle.
> 
> All my hits on google have talked about rebuilding the port
> after Java is installed.  Is that what I have to do?  Is there
> no way to get a java plugin without rebuilding the whole port?

No-one have an anwer or a pointer for me? Is it necessary to install
the JDK (or JRE if we ever get one again) and then build firefox from
ports to get the Java plug-in?
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John Lind
john at starfire.MN.ORG