Hi Klaus,

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008, Klaus Steinberger wrote:

>> Any reason why jdk-1.5.0_16-fcs.i586.rpm includes libjavaplugin_oji.so
>> but jdk-1.5.0_16-fcs.x86_64.rpm doesn't ?
>
> Because SUN in its endless wisdom never built a 64bit plugin. Hopefully that
> changes with the ongoing opensource Java Implementation.

There are java-1.6.0-openjdk rpms available from epel (5 only), including 
the x86_64 plugin. I haven't tried these yet, but next time I touch the 
java stuff that's what I'll look at first.

Cheers,
 	Stephan

>> Since /etc/sysconfig/nspluginwrapper excludes libjavaplugin* by default
>> we still don't have a 64bit java browser plugin :-(
> Yep, nspluginwrapper can't do anything with libjavaplugin, as it uses a
> different API.
>
> I use the following method to get a javaplugin on a 64bit system:
>
>
> Deinstall firefox.x86_64 and install firefox.i386 if not already installed.
> Install jre 1.6 32bit from sun in parallel to jdk 1.5
> (as the 32bit plugin from jdk 1.5 does not work with 64bit java installed in
> parallel, and the 64bit version is needed for anything else).
> Link per Hand the plugin from jre1.6 into /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
>
> now we have a firefox with java plugin.
>
> This misses the totem plugins, so we take the totem-mozplugin rpm from i386
> system and install that (Troy could you please pack the totem-mozplugin.i386
> RPM also into the x86_64 repo?)
>
>
> Sincerly,
> Klaus

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