java web plugin installation fails to create symlink

[Krishna E. Bera]

os: Hardy 8.04 fresh install

i was browsing to a page that had a java applet.
firefox prompted to use the plugin-finder to install a java plugin.
i checked about:plugins and there was no java plugin support.
i clicked to start the plugin-finder and it presented a list of 4 or 5 options. i chose the first one, GCJ web plugin.
it completed the installation, but did not prompt to restart firefox.
i checked about:plugins and there was no java plugin support.
i closed firefox and restarted it.
i checked about:plugins and there was no java plugin support.

complicating factors:
i had at one time installed iceape browser but was not using it.
i used synaptic to remove it and then re-installed gcjwebplugin
but that did make the firefox plugin appear in about:plugins.

my fix was to add a symlink:
[code]
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/classpath/libgcjwebplugin.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons-plugins/libgcjwebplugin.so
[/code]

[Krishna E. Bera (keb)]

correction:
i used synaptic to remove it and then re-installed gcjwebplugin
but that did NOT make the firefox plugin appear in about:plugins

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:32:52PM -0000, Krishna E. Bera wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> os: Hardy 8.04 fresh install
>
> i was browsing to a page that had a java applet.
> firefox prompted to use the plugin-finder to install a java plugin.
> i checked about:plugins and there was no java plugin support.
> i clicked to start the plugin-finder and it presented a list of 4 or 5 options. i chose the first one, GCJ web plugin.
> it completed the installation, but did not prompt to restart firefox.
> i checked about:plugins and there was no java plugin support.
> i closed firefox and restarted it.
> i checked about:plugins and there was no java plugin support.
>
> complicating factors:
> i had at one time installed iceape browser but was not using it.
> i used synaptic to remove it and then re-installed gcjwebplugin
> but that did make the firefox plugin appear in about:plugins.
>
> my fix was to add a symlink:
> [code]
> sudo ln -s /usr/lib/classpath/libgcjwebplugin.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons-plugins/libgcjwebplugin.so

There should be a link in /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/ ... is
that the case?

 affects ubuntu/firefox
 status invalid

 affects ubuntu/classpath
 status incomplete

 - Alexander

[Krishna E. Bera (keb)]

There is no link at /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/.
I created one and removed the one at /usr/lib/firefox-addons-plugins/.
about:plugins shows the GCJ Web Browser Plugin 0.96.1 section.

[blanchae (blanchae)]

Nov 2008 - bug still present Ubuntu 8.04

Key search terms: x-java-vm firefox ubuntu gcj web browser plugin

Symptoms: go to http://nist.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Mountain/d/-7/java (NIST time using java)
Error Message: plugin not available
Go to install 1st plugin GCJ web browser plugin and it reports that it is already installed
about:plugins indicates it is not present

Problem: missing soft link in /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/

Solution: create a soft link as root user

root@ubuntu:/usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins# ln -s /usr/lib/classpath/libgcjwebplugin.so libgcjwebplugin.so

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

usually applets are using update-alternatives so the user can install many at the same time. Check that there is no other link that is supposed to be java link.

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!