What is Java?

-Installing a plug-in +Installing a plugin

-You can install a Java plug-in for your web browser by emerging a Java VM with +You can install a Java plugin for your web browser by emerging a Java VM with the nsplugin USE flag set.

nsplugin is not available for all architectures. Check for available -plug-ins on your arch before trying to install a VM by running emerge -pv +plugins on your arch before trying to install a VM by running emerge -pv <java-vm>.

-Portage will allow you to install multiple versions of Java plug-ins, though +Portage will allow you to install multiple versions of Java plugins, though only one will be used by your browser. You can check the list of available -plug-ins by running: +plugins by running:

+ # eselect java-nsplugin list
    [1]   sun-jre-bin-1.5
    [2]   blackdown-jre-1.4.2
 
 
 
-In this example, sun-jre-bin is selected for the browser plug-in.
+In this example, sun-jre-bin is selected for the browser plugin.
 
 
-+ # eselect java-nsplugin set sun-jre-bin-1.5
 
 
 
-Verify that the correct plug-in was selected:
+Verify that the correct plugin was selected:
 
 
-+ # eselect java-nsplugin list
    [1]   sun-jre-bin-1.5  current
    [2]   blackdown-jre-1.4.2
@@ -517,68 +517,66 @@
 
 Java.com also provides a link to verify your installed
-plug-in. Additionally, if you are using a Mozilla-based browser, you can
-verify your Java plug-in by typing about:plugins into the address bar.
+plugin. Additionally, if you are using a Mozilla-based browser, you can
+verify your Java plugin by typing about:plugins into the address bar.

-Plug-ins on multilib systems +Plugins on multilib systems

If you are running a mixed 64-bit and 32-bit multilib system (for example, on AMD64), -you can have both 64-bit and a 32-bit Java plug-ins installed. +you can only use 32-bit Java plugins.

-To use a 32-bit plug-in, you will need to emerge emul-linux-x86-java with +To use a 32-bit plugin, you will need to emerge emul-linux-x86-java with the nsplugin USE flag enabled.

 # echo "app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-java nsplugin" >> /etc/portage/package.use
 # emerge emul-linux-x86-java

-Next, check which plug-ins are available: +Next, check which plugins are available:

 # eselect java-nsplugin list
 Available 32-bit Java browser plugins
   [1]   emul-linux-x86-java-1.4.2
   [2]   emul-linux-x86-java-1.5
-Available 64-bit Java browser plugins
-  [1]   blackdown-jdk-1.4.2
-  [2]   blackdown-jre-1.4.2

-You can select a 32-bit plug-in for a 32-bit browser (for example, -firefox-bin), and you can select a 64-bit plug-in for your 64-bit -browser (for example, konqueror). +Although you must select a 32-bit browser (such as mozilla-firefox-bin) +to use with your 32-bit plugin, the 64-bit version of konqueror uses your +Java VM directly, so it's possible to use the 64-bit version of blackdown +with this browser; no further configuration is necessary.

-# eselect java-nsplugin set 32bit emul-linux-x86-java-1.4.2 -# eselect java-nsplugin set 64bit blackdown-jdk-1.4.2 +

+Now select the right plugin for your 32-bit browser: +

+ +

+# eselect java-nsplugin set 32bit emul-linux-x86-java-1.5

-Verify the correct plug-ins were selected: +Verify the correct plugin was selected:

+ # eselect java-nsplugin list
 Available 32-bit Java browser plugins
-  [1]   emul-linux-x86-java-1.4.2  current
-  [2]   emul-linux-x86-java-1.5
-Available 64-bit Java browser plugins
-  [1]   blackdown-jdk-1.4.2  current
-  [2]   blackdown-jre-1.4.2
+  [1]   emul-linux-x86-java-1.4.2
+  [2]   emul-linux-x86-java-1.5  current
 
 
 



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