Add information how to use Java with Firefox 3.6.

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Ryusuke SUZUKI 2011-01-29 14:29:29 +00:00
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<note>
<para>In this section and in the next two sections, we assume you have
already installed <application>Firefox</application>.</para>
<para>Currently, the &java; plugin does not work with
<application>Firefox</application> 3.6.</para>
</note>
<para>According to the version of <application>Firefox</application>
you run various steps are required:</para>
<procedure>
<step>
<title>For Firefox 3.5</title>
<para>The &os; Foundation has a license with Sun Microsystems to
distribute &os; binaries for the Java Runtime Environment
(&jre;) and Java Development Kit (&jdk;). Binary packages for
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&arch.i386; architecture, &arch.amd64; packages are also
available.</para>
</note>
</step>
<step>
<title>For Firefox 3.6</title>
<para>Install <application>OpenJDK 6</application>
through the Ports Collection by typing:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/java/openjdk6</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make config install clean</userinput></screen>
<para>Make sure you have selected the WEB option.</para>
<para>Each user will have to run the following command:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>ln -s /usr/local/openjdk6/jre/lib/IcedTeaPlugin.so \
$HOME/.mozilla/plugins/</userinput></screen>
<para>Start your browser, enter <literal>about:plugins</literal>
in the location bar and press <keycap>Enter</keycap>. A page
listing the installed plugins will be displayed; the
<application>&java;</application> plugin should be listed there
now.</para>
</step>
</procedure>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="moz-flash-plugin">