[NTLUG:Discuss] Define "top level directory"

[Greg Edwards]

G S wrote:
> 
> I am attempting to install "j2re and link to my Netscape 7.01 browser.
> 
> The instructions say to set the NPX_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable 
> with the command,
> "export NPX_PLUGIN_PATH=<jre>/plugin/i386/ns4"
> 
> Here <jre> is the path to the "top level directory"  of your Java 2 
> Runtime Environment installation.
> 
> My java is installed in "/usr/java/jre1.3.1_02/"
> 
> What is a/the top level directory.
> 
> 
> Is the symbolic link automatic in Netscape 7.01.    The instructions 
> elude that it is.
> 


It's the directory that all other related directories are below.  Like 
your home directory is the top level directory for your account.

So in this case

top level directory = /usr/java/jre1.3.1_02/

export NPX_PLUGIN_PATH="/usr/java/jre1.3.1_02/plugin/i386/ns4"

This is the first time I've heard that you needed to do an export to get 
java and Netscape to play together.  My system is linked in the Netscape 
plugin to the java runtime dir.  Do I need to change this?

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