Changeset c8401dd1

Timestamp:

04/23/2005 01:41:07 AM (18 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/inkscape-core-mods, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/python-mods, qt5new, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

c2f55d1

Parents:

7852d10

Message:

Added instructions to Firefox to utilize the JDK Java plugin

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@3779 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml (modified) (1 diff)

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -24 +24 @@
 
 <listitem><para>April 22nd, 2005 [randy]: Updated to Firefox-1.0.3, 
-libgsf-1.11.1, libglade-2.5.1 and Mozilla-1.7.7.</para></listitem>
+libgsf-1.11.1, libglade-2.5.1 and Mozilla-1.7.7; added instructions to 
+Firefox and Mozilla to utilize the JDK Java plugin.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>April 21st, 2005 [bdubbs]: Upgraded to xscreensaver-4.21.

xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml

@@ -148 +148 @@
 
 <sect2>
+<title>Configuring <application>Firefox</application></title>
+
+<para>No specific configuration is required as long as the 
+<command>firefox</command> script is in the user's path. If 
+<application>Firefox</application> is installed in a non-standard location, 
+then make a symlink to the <command>firefox</command> script from
+<filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>.</para>
+
+<para>Many applications look for <command>netscape</command> when they need to
+open a browser. You may make the following symlink for convenience (as the
+root user).</para>
+
+<screen><userinput role='root'><command>ln -v -sf firefox /usr/bin/netscape</command></userinput></screen>
+
+<para>For installing various <application>Firefox</application> plugins, refer
+to <ulink url="http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html">Mozdev's PluginDoc
+Project</ulink>. If you have <xref linkend="j2sdk"/> already installed, create
+the following link as the root user to utilize the
+<application>JAVA</application> plugin: </para>
+
+<screen><userinput role='root'><command>ln -v -s $JAVA_HOME/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so \
+    /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/plugins</command></userinput></screen>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2>
 <title>Contents</title>