Obtaining the images
====================

External:
              > ftp ftp.sgi.com
              Enter user name: anonymous
              Password: me@myhost.edu
              ftp> cd ~ftp/private/java/plugin
              ftp> binary
              ftp> get java_plugin.tardist
              ftp> get README
              ftp> quit

Internal:
       sriranga.engr:/usr/people/ssuresh/java/JDK/plugin/mr/java_plugin.tardist


Installing the images
=====================

Do the following for each of the tardist files. You can
also use the Software Manager (swmgr) to install. The
following commands assume that you want to install all the subsystems.

   On IRIX 6.3 and higher         On IRIX 6.2
                                  mkdir tmp-dir
     inst -af file.tardist        cd tmp-dir; tar -xvf file.tardist
                                  inst -af java_plugin


Questions about this release
============================

Please send them to java@corp.sgi.com

Details about the plugin
========================

1. man java_plugin
2. more /var/netscape/communicator/javaplugin/java/README


            Runtime Plug-in for Irix, Java(tm) Edition

                          Version 1.1.1


This is the Irix port of version 1.1.1 of Sun's Java(tm) Plug-in.  For
more general information about its purpose and use, see

  http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/

This software can be used with IRIX 6.2 through 6.5, and Netscape
versions 3.0 and later.


When You Install
----------------

As with our java_eoe and java_dev products, this software supports
both the o32 and n32 MIPS ABI's, and the o32 and n32 portions of this
software (java_plugin.sw.binaries and java_plugin.sw32.binaries)
depend on the o32 and n32 portions of our java_eoe product,
respectively.  Both are installed by default, so you must explicitly
choose not to install one that either you do not want or you do not
have the prerequisite software for.

For o32 you need at least version 3.0.1 of java_eoe, and for n32 you
need at least version 3.1.  But in either case, we strongly suggest
that you install our latest release, version 3.1.1, from

  http://www.sgi.com/Products/Evaluation/#jdk_3.1.1

If you are running a version of netscape earlier than 4.0, make sure
you install the java_plugin.sw.netscape_v3_links subsystem.


Before You Try to Run an Applet with the Plug-in
------------------------------------------------

1.  If you have installed netscape or the plug-in in a nonstandard
location, you may need to go into netscape's "plugins" directory (or
into your personal .netscape/plugins directory if you do not have root
access) and run the following command:

  ln -s <plugin-installation-location>/var/netscape/communicator/plugins/javaplugin.so .

Then you must make sure the following environment variable is set
whenever you run netscape:

  setenv JAVA_PLUGIN_ROOT <plugin-installation-location>

2.  In order to use java_eoe from a nonstandard location, you must
make sure the JAVA_HOME environment variable is set such that
$JAVA_HOME/bin contains the various Java tools.  For example:

  setenv JAVA_HOME <java_eoe-installation-location>/usr/java

The JDK_HOME and JRE_HOME environment variables can also be used.

3.  The plug-in will attempt to run the n32 version of java by
default.  If you did not install the n32 portion of this software, or
if you need to run applets that contain o32 native code, you will need
to make sure the following environment variable is set whenever you
run netscape:

  setenv SGI_ABI -o32

Running applets containing o32 native code and applets containing n32
native code in the same netscape process is not supported at this
time.

4.  If you are behind a firewall and need to access sites outside it,
you need to manually set your HTTP proxy correctly in netscape.
Setting a SOCKS Host is not sufficient.

5.  Quit netscape.

6.  Restart netscape.


Known Problems
--------------

With Netscape versions 3.x, the plug-in will not work with "file:"
URL's.  You will need to use "http:" URL's instead.