Tab key

Post by **Dapper Dan** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 8:39 pm

Lou, here's an example...

[dan@dapperdan dan]$ cd rpm
[dan@dapperdan rpm]$ ls
winex3.2-2.i686.rpm
winex3-3.1-1.i386.rpm
winex3-3.2.1-1.i386.rpm
winex3-3.2-1.i386.rpm
xfe-0.60-1rh9.i386.rpm
xpad-1.12-1.i386.rpm
xv-3.10a-13.i386.rpm
[dan@dapperdan rpm]$ su
Password:
[dan@dapperdan rpm]# rpm -ivh winex3

Then, press tab. If nothing, then tab again for a list of what begins with winex3.

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winex3.2-2.i686.rpm      winex3-3.2.1-1.i386.rpm
winex3-3.1-1.i386.rpm    winex3-3.2-1.i386.rpm

Then add a '.2' to the end of 'winex3', press tab and it fills it out..

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[dan@dapperdan rpm]$ rpm -ivh winex3.2-2.i686.rpm

Lou-saydus · Post by **Lou-saydus** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 9:22 pm

Ya i know. thanks that really speeds things up.

btw do u know where i can get a java plugin for mozilla?

Post by **Dapper Dan** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 10:17 pm

Download sdk-1_4_2-nb-3_5_1-bin-linux.bin ( Linux (.bin) ) from the sun java website. Then follow these instructions..

Lou-saydus · Post by **Lou-saydus** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 11:55 pm

the thing is 90 mb! this is going to take a while...

Post by **Dapper Dan** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 12:58 am

You can shuck the .bin file after installation..

Lou-saydus · Post by **Lou-saydus** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 12:59 am

How do i decompress the .bin?

Post by **Dapper Dan** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 1:06 am

First do:

chmod 777 sdk-1_4_2-nb-3_5_1-bin-linux.bin

This is to change ownership so you can run it. Then:

./ sdk-1_4_2-nb-3_5_1-bin-linux.bin [enter]

or:

sh sdk-1_4_2-nb-3_5_1-bin-linux.bin [enter]

Lou-saydus · Post by **Lou-saydus** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 1:17 am

./ error = .: /: is a directory

sh error = j2sdk-1_4_2-nb-3_5_1-bin-linux.bin: j2sdk-1_4_2-nb-3_5_1-bin-linux.bin: cannot execute binary file

i did this is root and i set the permissios to 777.

Post by **Dapper Dan** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 1:32 am

If you are in the same directory,

./ sdk-1_4_2-nb-3_5_1-bin-linux.bin [enter]

should work. Make sure the file name is right. Go

./sdk [tab]

then enter..

Lou-saydus · Post by **Lou-saydus** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 1:43 am

Ok i got it to decompress. And i ran the install shield.
But where did i decompress it to?
i used the defaul location.

Lou-saydus · Post by **Lou-saydus** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 4:21 am

ok nether of the plugins work that come with that.. i really need to
get this fixed by monday. Any other ideas?

Lou-saydus · Post by **Lou-saydus** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 4:26 am

well im about at my wits end.

Do u know how to uninstall mozilla?

Post by **Dapper Dan** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 4:55 am

Why would you want to uninstall mozilla?? Check in /opt and see if java is installed there (which I'm sure it is). You have to make a symbolic link to let Mozilla know where to find the java plugin. This is a lot easier than you think. You should be able to make the symbolic link by doing as root:

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ln -s /opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so [enter]

the tab key is a big help when doing this kind of command line editing. Make sure there is a space between 'oji.so' and /usr/lib..

Lou-saydus · Post by **Lou-saydus** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 5:08 am

i have already tried copying the plugin its sefl for all three of them.
and i have also tried making a symbolic link for ns 610 but not the others. when i made a symbolic link mozilla wouldnt even start up.

the reason i want to uninstall mozilla is so i can install a newer version.

Post by **Dapper Dan** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 5:33 am

That's because you don't have the right plugin linked. Using nautilus, go into your

/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

directory, and delete whatever,

libjavaplugin_oji.so

is now there.

Then do the command I have written out for you above. You must use the plugin from ns610-gcc32 instead of the one from just ns610. ns610 will cause Mozilla not to run! The version of Mozilla that you now have is more than adequate. Have you started using Synaptic yet?