Re: [Jmol-users] Firefox "crashes" with Jmol 12.2

[David G. A. <ari...@cb...>]

The www.webupd8.org recipe works like a charm, thank you very much.

I'm looking for a Javascript code, to avoid Jmol load if the user has the
IcedTea Java plugin? Do you know if something like this is available?

Best regards.

> Hi,
>
> unfortunately Jmol under Linux has become some sort of an issue since
> Oracle changed their license and now won't allow the Linux distributions
> to
> include Oracle-Java binaries anymore and as Angel correctly pointed out,
> the IcedTea Java plugin is not compatible with Jmol.
>
> But for all you (fellow) Ubuntu users there is a good way to easily
> install
> Oracle's Java and keep it up to date:
> The WebUpd8-Team provides a downloader/installer script that downloads the
> Java 7 Binaries from Oracle's servers and installs it on the machine. This
> all they maintain in a Personal Package Archive (PPA).
>
> For those who are already familiar with PPA's: *ppa:webupd8team/java*
> All others read:
> http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-oracle-java-jdk-7-in-ubuntu-via.html
>
> Best,
> Oliver
>
> On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Angel Herráez <ang...@ua...>
> wrote:
>> Hi David
>>
>> I have no direct experience, but the IcedTea Java plugin has been
>> reported to have compatibility problems with Jmol.
>> If you can, change to Sun/Oracle Java
>>
>> That is not restricted to version 12.2, is it?
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