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Java on Swiftfox 3.5beta

June 4th, 2009 | by dartarrow | geeky

Jun
04

0.1. Check if Java is installed. In a console type:

which java

0.2. If it is, check if Java is included on swiftfox as a plugin. In Swiftfox location bar type:

about:plugins

1. install java and swiftfox:

sudo aptitude install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts swiftfox-prescott

the sun-java6-plugin contains the plugins required for Firefox,
check for the plugin as in 0.2
but if Java in Swiftfox is still not including it by default, go to 2

2. link the plugin to swiftfox as such:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.13/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/swiftfox/plugins/

this will differ according to the location and version of the java installed so, check first.

3. Startup Swiftfox, you will need to confirm your installation (0.2 above) or check it manually: go somewhere that requires java. Yahoo Pool is one of those..

K/Ubuntu for Developers

May 18th, 2009 | by dartarrow | geeky

May
18

There are important packages that don’t come default with kubuntu which I would need for development. So after setting up a new installation of Kubuntu this is what I’d do:

sudo aptitude install openssh-server build-essential vim kdesvn mysql-server-5.0

These are needed as of kubuntu 9.04 – Jaunty and as you can see installs:

openssh-server – which will immediately listen on port 22
build-essential – compilers, etc
vim – because I don’t like using vi
kdesvn – Cuz can be easier to diff my devels
mysql-server – well… i need it and Mysql 5.1 does not have great reviews.

Even if you don’t want kdesvn, I’d take kompare any day. The best diff front end for KDE. Although kdiff3 (sudo aptitude install kdiff3) isn’t too bad.