Manual Registration of the Java Plugin and Javaws for Linux/Mozilla
NEW. PLEASE USE Java 6 (e.g. JRE1.6.0_31)
The automatic install of an SDK or JRE 1.4.2 on a higher Linux with a
higher Mozilla browser will not correctly register
the Plugin or the Javaws components.
Follow Sun's instructions at:-
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/manual_install_linux.html
and http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/install-linux.html#jws
For me, with my own Mozilla 1.4 install and SDK with netbeans install,
I needed the following command (as root):-
ln -s
/opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so
/usr/local/mozilla/plugins/
For each user, running
/usr/local/mozilla/mozilla, I setup
the Java Web Start MIME type (JNLP) in the
Edit->Preferences->Navigator->Helper Applications section. The
file extension is jnlp; MIME Type is application/x-java-jnlp-file.
It should be handled by the javaws executable file in
your Java Web Start directory (for me, the executable was:-
/opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/javaws/javaws).
For each user, running /opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/javaws/javaws
, I chose the "file/preferences" menu, then selected the
"General" tab.
In the "Browser setup" field I changed "netscape" to
"/usr/local/mozilla/mozilla".
Test by closing all browser windows and trying the club cycom start url
at http://www.cycom.co.uk/club/login.jnlp
More club cycom information at http://club.cycom.co.uk/