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Neil Winchurst wrote: > On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:23:25 +0000 > Samuel Toogood <sam_toogood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> You need to give opera the location of the directory where java is >> actually installed, rather than a symlink to it. To find this, if you >> type " ls -l /usr/bin/java " at a command prompt, it will give you the >> target location for that link. On my system it gives me >> /etc/alternatives/java. This is another symlink, so if you now type ls >> -l /etc/alternatives/java, you should get the answer you need. On my >> system, this is /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/java. >> >> Alternatively, you can get the same information by typing dpkg -L >> sun-java5-jre or using adept. >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Sam >> > I did as above and it almost worked. When I reach java-1.5.0-sun it > turns out to be a link to java-1.5.0.08. So I carry on with /jre/bin > but I cannot see any files. They are there and I can see them using > konqueror. However Opera is only looking for folders so it doesn't see > the files. So I can't set it up in Opera, unless I am missing something. > > Neil > Having looked at it again, it appears to want a directory rather than the program itself. Try /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.08/jre/lib/i386, as that's what is in mine. I guess it's because it uses the browser plugin rather than the command line program. HTH Sam -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html