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Re: [LUG] little Linux story...

 

On Sunday 14 December 2008 22:19, Grant Sewell wrote:
> jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > OK, the curser on my laptop running Vista just disapears. I spend ages
> > trying to fix it cos there was some mp3s I didn't want to loose but loose
> > the will to try any more and nip down to the newsagents, pick up a copy
> > of Linux Format with a shiny new copy of the latest Ubuntu. Install it
> > with absolute ease. Actually the easiest instillation I've ever done in
> > fact and it's running a traet, looks really nice. That was gonna be it,
> > just a nice little story about how much I like the new Ubuntu but I need
> > a bit of advise on installing  Java for Firefox.
> >   THe instructions are;
> >   1. Install Java Runtime Environment.
> >   2. Make a symbolic link to libjavaplugin_oji.so in your Mozilla Plugins
> > directory. Use the copy located in the plugin/i386/ns7 directory of JRE
> > 5.0 or later, or plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32 if you are using JRE 1.4.2.
> > ....so, OK, fair enough. Except I don't know how to make a symbolic link.
> > I don't expect it's too difficult. Should I google it? Or is it more
> > complex that that?
> > CHeers, JOn DAvey
>
> Making a symbolic link is pretty easy stuff... when you know how. :)
>
>  From the command line, you'll want to use the "ln" (ell-enn) command.
> This is how:
>
> ln -s <source> <target>
>
> Hope this helps.
I think, in Ubuntu, the best thing to do is to use the Synaptic package 
manager for adding things like Java and the plugins - you may need the 
medibuntu supository adding to get the mp3 extensions.
Tom te tom te tom
>
> Grant.


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