[Cialug] Firefox plugins won't plug-in ...

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I found this on mozilla.org:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.phtml?title=Firefox_:_FAQs_:_Install_Java

Did you follow these steps?

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Tim W.
> Cialug'ers,
> 
> I like what I see in Firefox.  Been a fan of Mozilla, so it seemed 
> logical to upgrade to Firefox.  Unfortunately, the plug-ins are still a 
> bear to install.  I'm trying to install the jre plug-in, and here is 
> what happens. 
> 
> I have my plug-ins directory set to:
> /home/%U/.mozilla/firefox/plugins
> and in that directory, I have a symbolic link to
> libjavaplugin_oji.so
> which is actually stored in the directory:
> /usr/local/firefox/firefox-installer/jre1.5.0_01/plugin/i386/ns7
> 
> My gcc version shows 3.3.3 and I have tried linking to the 
> libjavaplugin_oji.so file in both the ns7 and ns7-gcc29 directories.  
> The symbolink gets set but the plug-in does not.  I have tried deleting 
> the pluginreg.dat file and allowing the sytem to recreate it.   Then, I 
> tried creating a slink for plugins under the .mozilla directory pointing 
> to the firefox/plugins directory. 
> 
> Anyone running Firefox got this java plugin animal tamed?   If so, ... 
> help! 
> 
> TIA,
> Andrew L in Des Moines
> 
> 
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