update-alternatives doesn't update java plugin

I doubt this is actually a bug in update-alternatives.

can't reproduce, what does

  update-alternatives --display firefox-javaplugin.so

show?

  ls -l /usr/lib/firefox/plugins

1. update-alternatives --display firefox-javaplugin.so

firefox-javaplugin.so - status is manual.
 link currently points to /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
/usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/lib/libgcjwebplugin.so - priority 1041
/usr/lib/gcj-4.1/libgcjwebplugin.so - priority 41
Current `best' version is /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/lib/libgcjwebplugin.so.

2. ls -l /usr/lib/firefox/plugins

total 12
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2006-10-03 09:34 libtotem-basic-plugin.so -> ../../totem/libtotem-basic-plugin.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 2006-10-03 09:34 libtotem-basic-plugin.xpt -> ../../totem/libtotem-basic-plugin.xpt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 2006-10-03 09:34 libtotem-complex-plugin.so -> ../../totem/libtotem-complex-plugin.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 2006-10-03 09:34 libtotem-complex-plugin.xpt -> ../../totem/libtotem-complex-plugin.xpt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 2006-10-03 09:34 libtotem-gmp-plugin.so -> ../../totem/libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 2006-10-03 09:34 libtotem-gmp-plugin.xpt -> ../../totem/libtotem-gmp-plugin.xpt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2006-10-03 09:34 libtotem-mully-plugin.so -> ../../totem/libtotem-mully-plugin.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 2006-10-03 09:34 libtotem-mully-plugin.xpt -> ../../totem/libtotem-mully-plugin.xpt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 2006-10-03 09:34 libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so -> ../../totem/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 43 2006-10-03 09:34 libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.xpt -> ../../totem/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.xpt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9044 2006-10-16 02:50 libunixprintplugin.so

cannot reproduce that, with all the alternatives below installed.

Onkar Shinde schrieb:
> 1. update-alternatives --display firefox-javaplugin.so
>
> firefox-javaplugin.so - status is manual.
> link currently points to /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/lib/libgcjwebplugin.so - priority 1041
> /usr/lib/gcj-4.1/libgcjwebplugin.so - priority 41
> Current `best' version is /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/lib/libgcjwebplugin.so.
>
> 2. ls -l /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
>
> total 12
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2006-10-03 09:34 libtotem-basic-plugin.so -> ../../totem/libtotem-basic-plugin.so
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 2006-10-03 09:34 libtotem-basic-plugin.xpt -> ../../totem/libtotem-basic-plugin.xpt
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 2006-10-03 09:34 libtotem-complex-plugin.so -> ../../totem/libtotem-complex-plugin.so
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 2006-10-03 09:34 libtotem-complex-plugin.xpt -> ../../totem/libtotem-complex-plugin.xpt
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 2006-10-03 09:34 libtotem-gmp-plugin.so -> ../../totem/libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 2006-10-03 09:34 libtotem-gmp-plugin.xpt -> ../../totem/libtotem-gmp-plugin.xpt
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2006-10-03 09:34 libtotem-mully-plugin.so -> ../../totem/libtotem-mully-plugin.so
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 2006-10-03 09:34 libtotem-mully-plugin.xpt -> ../../totem/libtotem-mully-plugin.xpt
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 2006-10-03 09:34 libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so -> ../../totem/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 43 2006-10-03 09:34 libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.xpt -> ../../totem/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.xpt
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9044 2006-10-16 02:50 libunixprintplugin.so

that looks strange; what's missing here is

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 2006-10-23 18:33 libjavaplugin.so ->
/etc/alternatives/firefox-javaplugin.so

does the link exists after configuring it again?

  update-alternatives --config firefox-javaplugin.so

No the link doesn't exist even after configuring it again.

Here is what I did:
sudo update-alternatives --config firefox-javaplugin.so
Password:

There are 2 alternatives which provide `firefox-javaplugin.so'.

  Selection Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
 + 1 /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/lib/libgcjwebplugin.so
          2 /usr/lib/gcj-4.1/libgcjwebplugin.so

Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: 1
Using `/usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/lib/libgcjwebplugin.so' to provide `firefox-javaplugin.so'.

Even after this the link is not created.

no further ideas. does

  apt-get --reinstall java-gcj-compat-plugin gcjwebplugin-4.1

help?

The problem is solved but in a weird way.

1. sudo apt-get install --reinstall java-gcj-compat-plugin gcjwebplugin-4.1 didn't help. Appearantly no link is ever created in /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/

I checked the directory /uer/lib/mozilla/plugins and found a symlink libjavaplugin.so which was pointing to /etc/alternatives/mozilla-javaplugin.so

The link /etc/alternatives/mozilla-javaplugin.so was a broken symlink to my uninstalled sun jvm plugin from multiverse.

So I did 'sudo update-alternatives --config mozilla-javaplugin.so' and selected proper option.

After all this I can see the gcjwebplugin in firefox (about:plugins).

Also /etc/alternatives/firefox-javaplugin.so points to gcj web plugin. I guess it happened yesterday but I was too busy checking /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/
But it looks like it is not being used from anywhere, specifically from /usr/lib/firefox/plugins

So, I think we should remove firefox-javaplugin.so configuration and should only keep mozilla-javaplugin.so

[Expired for java-gcj-compat (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]