diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml index 75ae85aea8..c7a2f56e1d 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml @@ -204,11 +204,15 @@ <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 @@ -267,6 +271,31 @@ &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">