Java extension libraries auto-installation by plugin not working for
Solaris yet (almost there!)

JAI (Java Advanced Imaging) is one of the standard java extensions
(JAI, Java 3D, JMF, ...). If JAI is installed manually, applets
and plugin 1.3.0_01 are able to use the package, while 1.3.0 fails.

The auto-installation works for Windows now (with JRE/Plugin 1.3.0),

To reproduce the solaris error, try one of the following links:
(if you have JAI installed, first uninstall it by:
cd ~/j2re1_3_0_01;
sh UNINSTALL-jai )

http://istserver.eng/jai/autoinstall/JAIAppletDemo_auto1.html

http://istserver.eng/jai/autoinstall/JAIAppletDemo_auto2.html

http://istserver.eng/jai/autoinstall/JAIAppletDemo_auto3.html

http://istserver.eng/jai/autoinstall/JAIAppletDemo_auto4.html

http://istserver.eng/jai/autoinstall/JAIAppletDemo_auto5.html

Each html file contains an applet that uses a signed JAI jar file
packaged in a slightly way. Their difference lies in whether the
installation excutatble file
jai1_1-beta-lib-jre-solsparc.bin
is in a subdirectory "release/", and if there is a "Name" entry in
the manifest file before signature.

With JRE/Plugin 1.3.0_01 installed and NPX_PLUGIN_PATH set as, e.g,
     ~/j2re1_3_0_01/plugin/sparc/ns4,

1. http://istserver.eng/jai/autoinstall/JAIAppletDemo_auto1.html:
it uses signed_jaisol1.jar, which has
jai1_1-beta-lib-jre-solsparc.bin, no directory release/
No Name entry before signature.

netscape version 4.x and the plugin
downloaded signed_jaisol1.jar in the process
created two tmp files (to see it, try:
ls ~/java_plugin_AppletStore/1.3.0_01/ext/.nfs* )
and probably tried to execute it... but because
it is not in a proper JRE directory, installation failed,
even though it said successful.

possible problem: need first to excute this tmp file from the top JRE directory
specified by NPX_PLUGIN_PATH, e.g. first,
cd ~/j2re1_3_0_01
then excute the tmp excutable:
~/java_plugin_AppletStore/1.3.0_01/ext/.nfs*

2. http://istserver.eng/jai/autoinstall/JAIAppletDemo_auto2.html:
it uses signed_jaisol1.jar, which has
jai1_1-beta-lib-jre-solsparc.bin, no directory release/
Name entry in manifest file was
jai1_1-beta-lib-jre-solsparc.bin
before signature.
Same results as in the above 1.

3. http://istserver.eng/jai/autoinstall/JAIAppletDemo_auto3.html:
it uses signed_jaisol3.jar, which has
release/jai1_1-beta-lib-jre-solsparc.bin
Name entry was
jai1_1-beta-lib-jre-solsparc.bin
before signature.
    netscape/plugin 1.3.0_01 -
downloaded signed_jaisol3.jar
        placed this jar and created two .nfs* tmp files in
~/java_plugin_AppletStore/1.3.0_01/ext.
use
ls -al ~/java_plugin_AppletStore/1.3.0_01/ext
to see it. It complains that there is no file
    ~/java_plugin_AppletStore/1.3.0_01/ext/release/jai...bin.
But if in ~/java_plugin_AppletStore/1.3.0_01/ext, it used
jar -xvf in

Again if excute one of the tmp file in ~/j2re1_3_0_01, it would also work.


4. http://istserver.eng/jai/autoinstall/JAIAppletDemo_auto4.html:
it uses signed_jaisol4.jar, which has
release/jai1_1-beta-lib-jre-solsparc.bin
Name entry in manifest file was
release/jai1_1-beta-lib-jre-solsparc.bin
before signature.
     netscape/plugin 1.3.0_01 -
downloaded signed_jaisol4.jar and placed it in
~/java_plugin_AppletStore/1.3.0_01/ext.
use
ls -al ~/java_plugin_AppletStore/1.3.0_01/ext
to see it. It complains that there is no file
    ~/java_plugin_AppletStore/1.3.0_01/ext/release/jai...bin.
But if in ~/java_plugin_AppletStore/1.3.0_01/ext, it used
jar -xvf in

No tmp files .nfs*.

5. http://istserver.eng/jai/autoinstall/JAIAppletDemo_auto5.html:
it uses signed_jaisol5.jar, which has
release/jai1_1-beta-lib-jre-solsparc.bin
No Name entry in manifest file before signature.
     netscape/plugin 1.3.0_01 -
downloaded signed_jaisol5.jar and placed it in
~/java_plugin_AppletStore/1.3.0_01/ext.
use
ls -al ~/java_plugin_AppletStore/1.3.0_01/ext
to see it. It complains that there is no file
    ~/java_plugin_AppletStore/1.3.0_01/ext/release/jai...bin.
But if in ~/java_plugin_AppletStore/1.3.0_01/ext, it used
jar -xvf in

No tmp files .nfs*.


John Zhang, jxz@eng, 8-7450