Re: Java Runtime Environment plugin for Firefox

On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 18:08 -0500, Jon Roland wrote:
> Jason Hecker wrote:
> > Build your own RPMs using the www.jpackage.org spec files and 
> > downloading the JSE from Sun.  It's a bit of a PItA (and an impediment 
> > to a fluid Linux experience) but it works well and the Mozilla/Firefox 
> > plugin Java runs without a hassle (though it's hidden deep in a 
> > convoluted directory tree).
> 
> Thanks, but I don't know how to build an rpm from a spec file yet, and I'd 
> rather not have to learn how right now. Surely someone has done this and 
> made an easy solution available for those of us who just want things to work.

Unfortunately Sun's licensing restrictions make this legally
problematic, not that that has stopped some packagers in the past.
There's still hope.

Phil