Kevin Burton has packaged up Java in nice Mozilla XPInstall files (XPIs) over at java.mozdev.org for quick and easy install. Nice work Kevin!
Posted by asa at September 11, 2003 08:38 PMDoes it install to a place on the HD that not just mozilla will benefit from / can access?
Can the user enter a location where java is supposed to go (for me: C:\Program Files\Communications\JAVA)?
Note that we are having problem right now with the Mozdez mirrors system. If you need the XPIs pull form CVS. I will try to finish up the fix today.
Kevin
Posted by: Kevin Burton on September 13, 2003 03:24 PMIn answer to your above questions WRT installation location.
On Win32 we install to the default dir that the silent install specifies. Not sure what that is but it's a global install.
On Linux we have to install into the profile dir or the system mozilla dir (if we have permissions). This means that Java isn't installed globally but it's really the only option we have right now.
Sun should step forward and start building their own XPIs...
Kevin
Posted by: Kevin Burton on September 13, 2003 07:38 PM