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From: Jean-David Beyer on 24 Jun 2010 13:57
Bit Twister wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:29:20 -0400, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
>
>> Thank you. That fixed it. I wish the Firefox web site would have
>> mentioned it.
>
> Why is firefox required to know plugin file names.
>
> The plugin vendor's site should mention it in it's install instructions,
> or in the packages file documentation.
>
Maybe they do, but I could not find them. They discuss only out of date
releases.

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From: Bit Twister on 24 Jun 2010 14:25
On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:57:10 -0400, Jean-David Beyer wrote:

> Maybe they do, but I could not find them. They discuss only out of date
> releases.

Yep, I did a quick look and did not see the name.

Tell them about the problem in the package and install documentation.
Might save you time on next update.
From: TJ on 24 Jun 2010 16:29
On 06/24/2010 02:25 PM, Bit Twister wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:57:10 -0400, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
>
>> Maybe they do, but I could not find them. They discuss only out of date
>> releases.
>
> Yep, I did a quick look and did not see the name.
>
> Tell them about the problem in the package and install documentation.
> Might save you time on next update.

It's there, but much harder to find than the old instructions:

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/install/jre/manual-plugin-install-linux.html

I was directed there from an article on the Mozilla site about
installing java plugins.

TJ
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