[V5.1 and later]Enabling Mozilla to use the IBM download director program

This topic describes how to enable Mozilla to support the IBM download director program. The Support organization for IBM WebSphere Application Server provides the download director program. The download director program provides a higher level of reliability and usability for downloading service from the Support site.

 

Overview

You must enable Mozilla to support the download director program on Linux platforms. To enable Mozilla, download the correct Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for the browser and then configure the browser to use the JRE.

 

Overview

The download director program is available from IBM at the Support site for WebSphere Application Server. For more information, see the What is download director? site.

  1. Install the JRE 1.4.x for Linux.

    1. Log on as root.

    2. Download the rpm version of the JRE from the Sun Web site at .For example, download the j2re-1_4_x_y-linux-i586-rpm.bin file. (The x and y variables represent the exact release identifiers.)

    3. Change the permission of the file that you download to make the file executable.For example: 

      chmod a+x  j2re-1_4_x_y-linux-i586-rpm.bin

    4. Start the installation process for the JRE. For example: 

      ./j2re-1_4_x_y-linux-i586-rpm.bin

    5. Press the spacebar to page through the license agreement to the end.

    6. Specify yes to accept the license agreement. The installation creates the j2re-1_4_x_y_-linux-i586.rpm file in the current directory.

    7. Run the RPM command at the terminal to install the packages. 

      rpm -iv j2re-1_4_x_y-linux-i586.rpm

      The JRE is installed in the /usr/java/j2re1.4.x_y directory. The installation of the JRE is now complete.

    



    

  2. Configure the Mozilla Web browser to use the JRE plug-in that you
installed.



      



      

    1. Change directories to the plugins directory under the Mozilla
installation directory.



      

      cd Mozilla_install_root/plugins
      




      

    2. Create a symbolic link to the ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so file
in the JRE directory.



      

      ln -s JRE_install_root/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so
      


      For
example, assume that the Mozilla Web browser is installed in the /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4 directory.
Further assume that the JRE is installed in the /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_1 directory.
      


        



        

      1. cd /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4/plugins



        

      2. ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_1/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so

      

    




    

  3. Start the Mozilla Web browser or restart the browser if it is already
running.Restart any other running Mozilla components, such as
Messenger or Composer.  



    

  4. Click Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Enable Java on the
Mozilla Web browser. 





 
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You can enable Mozilla to use the download director program.