From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   TJ wrote:   
   > On 10/22/2012 11:25 AM, Jim Beard wrote:   
   >> On 10/22/2012 09:09 AM, TJ wrote:   
      
   >>> There are two more to consider, two that won't necessarily be   
   >>> provided by the distro: java and the flashplayer plugin.   
      
   If they're not provided by the distro (or the distro's versions aren't   
   adequate in some way), then obviously I'll have to get them from other   
   sources.  I was wondering what to do when both the distro and the vendor   
   offer the same program, e.g. Firefox.   
      
   >>> Because of licensing changes, most distros will not be providing   
   >>> Oracle's JDK/JRE packages beyond 1.6.x. Instead, most will use   
   >>> the open source openjdk and icedtea-web. They are incompatible   
   >>> with each other, so if you use one you won't use the other. You   
   >>> have to download Oracle's version from Oracle.   
   >>   
   >> Does using Oracle's java preclude IcedTea/Openjdk?  I had assumed that   
   >> having both on the system would be the way to go, with anything calling   
   >> specifically for IcedTea able to find it.   
      
   I seem to have everything installed.   
      
   [adam@stolid ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i iced   
   icedtea-web-1.1.6-0.2-mdv2011.0.x86_64   
   [adam@stolid ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i jdk   
   java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-34.b24.1-mdv2011.0.x86_64   
   [adam@stolid ~]$   
      
   are from the Mandriva repositories and   
      
   [adam@stolid ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i jre   
   jre-1.7.0_09-fcs.x86_64   
   [adam@stolid ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i flash   
   flash-plugin-11.2.202.243-release.x86_64   
   [adam@stolid ~]$   
      
   are from the vendors' sites.   
      
   [adam@stolid ~]$ ls -l .mozilla/plugins/*.so   
   lrwxrwxrwx 1 adam adam 44 Oct  6 21:16   
   .mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so ->   
   /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so*   
   lrwxrwxrwx 1 adam adam 27 Oct  8 09:34 .mozilla/plugins/libnpjp2.so ->   
   /usr/lib64/IcedTeaPlugin.so*   
   lrwxrwxrwx 1 adam adam 43 Oct  6 21:17 .mozilla/plugins/libnpsoplugin.so   
   -> /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libnpsoplugin.so*   
   [adam@stolid ~]$   
      
   Those are (in order) the Flash, IcedTea (for Java applets), and   
   LibreOffice plugins.  I might have been able to use Openjdk for the Java   
   plugin, but I got the IcedTea plugin working first.  I think that   
   "libnpjp2.so" is now used for the plugin to handle Java, where before it   
   had been "libjavaplugin.so".   
      
   Adam   
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