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From: aslam@lums.edu.pk (Sohail Aslam)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.java,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Kaffe's CLASSPATH interferes with Netscape's java_30
Date: 19 Aug 1996 17:08:10 +0500
Organization: Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
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Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.lang.java:74760 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:25672
I had asked in comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc why Netscape won't run java
applets on my FreeBSD machine with DISPLAY set to another unix host
running X windows. After a process of elimination I discovered
that kaffe's CLASSPATH was interfering with Netscape's java_30. I had
setenv CLASSPATH to ".:/usr/local/kaffe/classes.zip" as suggested in
kaffe's (FreeBSD version) installation guide. When I unsetenv CLASSPATH
Netscape started executing (interpreting) my java applets. I then
appended java_30 path to CLASSPATH:
setenv CLASSPATH ".:/usr/local/kaffe/classes.zip:/usr/local/lib/netscape/java_30"
Netscape 3.0 stopped executing java applets. I rearranged the order so that
java_30 comes first, i.e.,
setenv CLASSPATH ".:/usr/local/lib/netscape/java_30:/usr/local/kaffe/classes.zip"
Netscape now interprets java applets and kaffe is also happy. The README file
for Netscapes says that java_30 can be placed in one of the following places:
The current directory
/usr/local/netscape/java/classes
/usr/local/lib/netscape
$HOME/.netscape
but, evidently, if CLASSPATH is set, it overrides this. The command
strings netscape | grep CLASSPATH
yields the following suggesting that CLASSPATH is looked at by Netscape.
The use of -classpath was also suggested in using netscape's "javac" mode
in a thread that appears in comp.lang.java.
In summary, if Netscape does not interpret (execute) java applets under
FreeBSD, check your CLASSPATH variable.
--
Sohail Aslam
Assistant Professor, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Lahore, Pakistan tel: 92-42-572-2670 fax: 92-42-572-2591
email: aslam@lums.edu.pk