Java plugin on Mozilla

Howto install java 1.4 (java 2) plugin to Mozilla on redhat 9 (c) Tero Karvinen
Sun could learn to read rpm packaging guidelines and build websites...
Download java from its ugly homepage:
http://java.sun.com
Click j2se : j2se downloads : j2se 1.4.2 : Linux RPM in self-extracting file - SDK Download :
 Accept : Download j2sdk-1_4_2_01-linux-i586-rpm.bin
$ chmod a+x j2sdk-1_4_2_01-linux-i586-rpm.bin
$ su -
# rpm -Uvh j2sdk-1_4_2_01-linux-i586-rpm
If you have a decent rpm building environment, you can see some
useless warnings.
( rpm -q --list j2sdk |grep plugin
 rpm -q --list mozilla |grep plugin )
# rm /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so
Make a symbolic link, copying does not always work.
# ln -s /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_01/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
Close and open your browser (mozilla, galeon or MozillaFirebird). Type into address:
 about:plugins
It should list Java(TM) Plug-in 1.4.2_01-b06
(see img display java-plugin-galeon-about-plugins.png)
Try a java game
http://www.hut.fi/~jkytomak/ristinolla/

Java software development kit and plugin are now installed. 

$ pico javahelloworld.java 

 class HelloWorldApp {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Hello World!"); //Display the string.
    }
 }

$ /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_01/bin/javac javahelloworld.java 
$ $ /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_01/bin/java HelloWorldApp.class  # WRONG
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: HelloWorldApp/class

$ /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_01/bin/java HelloWorldApp
Hello World!


(c) Tero Karvinen 2003-10-06 http://iki.fi/karvinen