[Wine] Java in Firefox

[James McKenzie]

sjc1963 wrote:
> Dan Kegel wrote:
>   
>> On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 4:52 PM, vitamin <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> You know some one just have too much time on their hands. And they have nothing else to do.
>>>
>>>       
>> Like me.  That's exactly the kind of think I like
>> doing; it's a good test of wine.  If it doesn't work,
>> I file bugs.  Like, oh, say
>> http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4860
>> Perhaps that's what the original poster was thinking.
>>
>> One can imagine a real scenario where this would
>> be useful.  A user who wants to use one web browser
>> for everything, and is forced to use the windows version
>> of firefox by some awful windows-specific plugin,
>> might well want to install the Windows version of Java
>> and expect it to work.
>> - Dan
>>     
>
>
> And here I thought that Java was OS independent.
>
>   
Java bytecode is OS independent, but you need a Java Runtime Engine or 
Java Software Development Kit for the OS or bytecode cannot be run.  So, 
if you are running a windows emulator to reproduce the WindowsXP 
environment, you also need a WindowsXP JRE in that enviroment or Java 
bytecode programs cannot run.  This DOES NOT APPLY TO JAVA PROGRAMS 
COMPILED TO RUN 'NATIVELY' LIKE OPENOFFICE.ORG.  These programs must 
have a JRE, but the code runs natively and thus are compiled to the 
environment.

So if you need to install a Windows JRE, you will need to go to 
java.sun.com and download it.  You will also need to set the windows 
version to match the JRE you just obtained.  If it will not install, 
visit the Applications Database for workarounds and previous bug 
reports.  If a bug report does not exist for the environment you are 
attempting to install Sun Java into, then please file a bug report and 
link it into the Applications Database entry.

Thank you.

James McKenzie