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Re: [LUG] little Linux story...

 

Tom Potts writes: 

> 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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Thanks. I think I'll go for the Synaptic approach though.
Thanks again for getting back to me.
Cheers, JOn 



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