[arch-general] Java applets in Arch64

[Mark Schneider]

2008/1/24 Ondřej Kučera <ondrej.kucera at centrum.cz>:
> 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?
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Ondřej
>

The only way I've found to get a Java web browser plugin to work on
Arch64 is to use Blackdown JRE from AUR:
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=6085

Unfortunately it only supports 1.4.2, so if you need some fancy >=1.5
features, you might be out of luck.

Hope this helps,
Mark