A missing symbol in the Java JRE's plugin for Netscape prevents the AG
toolkit's SharedBrowser from working. If the JRE is not installed, then
you don't have this problem!
Method
The least disruptive solution is to just remove the
offending plugin file, leaving the remainder of the JRE intact. Try (as
root): rm
/usr/lib/jre-1.5.0_01/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
Another solution is to remove the whole JRE package with: removepkg
jre-1_5_0_01-i586-1
(although this method leaves the system without any Java support)
Possibly the best solution is to replace the JRE with the SDK version
of Java. The JDK is available on the 3rd CD of a Slackware 10.1
release, in directory extra/j2sdk-1.5.0_01, from which you could first
remove the jre (as above) and then install the JDK with the command: installpkg
j2sdk-1_5_0_01-i586-1.tgz
or both removal of JRE and installation of JDK can be done with the
single command: upgradepkg
jre-1_5_0_01-i586-1%j2sdk-1_5_0_01-i586-1.tgz
The last solution allows wxMozilla (the browser component of the
SharedBrowser) to run, yet complete Java support is maintained.
Comments and suggestions
to Chris Willing <willing at itee.uq.edu.au>
