[arch-general] Java applets in Arch64

[pyther]

Ondřej Kučera wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to be able to use java applets on my Arch64 box. From what I
> found on the wiki (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch64_FAQ) it
> should work out of the box in Konqueror but unfortunately it isn't the
> case for me.
>
> I tried the following two pages containing applets, neither seems to
> work.
> http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/deployment/applet/getStarted.html
> http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/
>
> I do have the java packages (both jre and jdk), I have java enabled in
> Konqueror, I'm not sure if I'm supposed to do something else.
>
> Truth to be told the best solution would be to have applets working in
> Firefox since since I need them working in an intranet web application
> that is not exactly 100% compatible with Konqueror, I'm afraid. Is there
> a working solution for Firefox?
>
>   
You might want to try bin32-swiftfox-athlon64 from aur. I got it running 
on my 64bit box with flash, works like a charm! You might have to 
extract the i686 java package into the /opt/lib32 folder though.