These instructions configure Netscape 7.1 and Mozilla 1.4 to run NeXtMidas applets. Since both browsers are based on the Mozilla/5.0 engine, the configuration procedures are identical.
This may require System Administrator access
cd
into the browser's plugins
directory:/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
(This requires System Administrator access) Or ~/.mozilla/plugins
(Changes will only be effective for user)
$JAVAHOME/jre/plugin/i386/(ns610 or ns7)
directory). $JAVAHOME
is the JDK
installation directory, i386
is the system platform type
(use sol
on Solaris), and
ns610 or ns7
is the browser class (ns
for Netscape/Mozilla, followed by a semi-arbitrary
version number).ln -s library
"
(library
is the absolute path of the
library found in the previous step). The link must be a symbolic
link; you can not make a hard link or copy the library.Note: If you only use NeXtMidas as an applet on Windows, then download the Plug-In from http://www.java.com and install it separately from the rest of JDK.