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