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I've searched through the forums for answers to intalling Java Runtime, but either was too vague, or was out-dated.
I may be asking too much, but can anyone write up a definitive guide to installing java 2 runtime in firefox? (FYI I'm doing this on the liveCD)

In case that's not enough, it's the java plugin thingy that lets you run java web applets in browsers
I spent two days last week trying to figure that out, NO JOY!

Here is my trials:
I tried a bash script from another program. Not working
I tried with synaptic and installed the full mozilla. Not working
I tried finding the missing lib and not working and many more...

I believe we are a missing a key lib files to make it work:
Also since I am not an expert, I am not quite sure how to install the library on the live cd anyway.

I treid other linux distr (live cd) and java works fine with mozilla. It works fine on firebird with flonix, but I have yet to see it work with firefox somewhere.

So if anyone knows how, please speak out. My goal is to find a way to make it work on the live cd using firefox, not opera or else.
:O
I spent an hour or so trying to make the Java runtime environment work with Firefox 0.8 (special i586 build compiled with GCC 2.96) and could not get it to work.

Every time I would visit the Java test website, the Firefox window would disappear.  I was able to get some troubleshooting information by starting up Firefox from inside an Xterminal (rxvt) window and reading the Xterminal window's debugging info.

A quick dependency search using the 'ldd' command on the Java library .so files revealed that there were a few "lib not found" errors.  This could be due to a missing PATH (Java could not find the file, but it exists somewhere), or it could mean that the lib files are not included with DSL.  At this point it was very late at night and since an easy solution did not seem to present itself, I gave up.

Hopefully, this will help someone else.

Good Luck.
*GASP*
If cbagger can't, no one can.
*slumps away
I wouldn't call it an impossible task, but there's only so much time in a day.  JRE 1.3 installed effortlessly in DSL 0.5.x so I am sure that it is doable.
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