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

[Kent Stewart]

On Tuesday 15 February 2005 10:03 am, John wrote:
> 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?

That isn't where you look from my experience. I have
/usr/local/jdk1.4.2/bin/java
and it changes with the version. That is what I add in mozilla.

Kent

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