Java plug-in for Linux

[Timothy Daniels]

Time.gov requires a Java plug-in to run the clock.
How does one add the Java plug-in for the version
of Opera which runs on Ubuntu Linux?

Thanks for any help.
*TimDaniels*

[Henning Wangerin]

Post by Timothy Daniels
Time.gov requires a Java plug-in to run the clock.
How does one add the Java plug-in for the version
of Opera which runs on Ubuntu Linux?

This usually helps:

sudo apt-get install icedtea-7-plugin

:-)

/Henning

[Timothy Daniels]

Post by Henning Wangerin

Post by Timothy Daniels
Time.gov requires a Java plug-in to run the clock.
How does one add the Java plug-in for the version
of Opera which runs on Ubuntu Linux?

sudo apt-get install icedtea-7-plugin

Thanks, but when I ran that, I got an error message:
"Couldn't find package icedtea-7-plugin".
Am I supposed to download it from somewhere first
and put it into some specific directory?

*TimDaniels*

[Henning Wangerin]

Post by Timothy Daniels

Post by Henning Wangerin
sudo apt-get install icedtea-7-plugin

"Couldn't find package icedtea-7-plugin".

Sorry,

Depending on your version use one of those packages:

icedtea6-plugin or icedtea7-plugin.

Post by Timothy Daniels
Am I supposed to download it from somewhere first
and put it into some specific directory?

No. Will be pulled from the repos automatically.

/Henning

[Timothy Daniels]

Post by Henning Wangerin

Post by Timothy Daniels

Post by Henning Wangerin
sudo apt-get install icedtea-7-plugin

"Couldn't find package icedtea-7-plugin".

Sorry,
icedtea6-plugin or icedtea7-plugin.

Post by Timothy Daniels
Am I supposed to download it from somewhere first
and put it into some specific directory?

No. Will be pulled from the repos automatically.

The same error code appeared for:
sudo apt-get install icedtea7-plugin

Does it matter that I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 to do it?

*TimDaniels*

[Henning Wangerin]

Post by Timothy Daniels
Does it matter that I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 to do it?

Yes. That's your problem.

8.04 is obsolete for the desktop. You have to upgrade to 10.04 and the
to 12.04

10.04-desktop will die in 10 months.

/Henning

[Timothy Daniels]

Post by Timothy Daniels
Time.gov requires a Java plug-in to run the clock.
How does one add the Java plug-in for the version
of Opera which runs on Ubuntu Linux?

I went to:
help.ubuntu.com/community/Java#Browser_plugin
and clicked on the icedtea7_plugin link, and the
plugin installed - but only useable by Google Chrome!
How does one get the plug-in (and how to install it)
for Opera or Firefox?

*TimDaniels*

[Timothy Daniels]

Make that "icedtea6_plugin". The link for "7" didn't work.

*TimDaniels*

[Whiskers]

Post by Timothy Daniels

Post by Timothy Daniels
Time.gov requires a Java plug-in to run the clock.
How does one add the Java plug-in for the version
of Opera which runs on Ubuntu Linux?

help.ubuntu.com/community/Java#Browser_plugin
and clicked on the icedtea7_plugin link, and the
plugin installed - but only useable by Google Chrome!
How does one get the plug-in (and how to install it)
for Opera or Firefox?
*TimDaniels*

Where does the package manager install the plugin? Opera normally looks
for plugins in /usr/lib/opera/plugins and /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
unless the user changes the 'plugin path' - in my experience most Linux
package managers put plugins in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins and any browser
that can use plugins will look there (it's a legacy thing, from the days
of "Netscape 6").

If Opera doesn't automatically find the plugin, try Tools - Preferences
- Advanced - Content - Plug-in Options - Find New. (You're looking for
a file called "IcedTeaPLugin.so").

(I do hope you aren't still using a version of Opera so old that it
can't use the Java plugin ...)