Shared Library error when running Netscape

[Alex Murray]

Running Netscape Communicator 4.79, java plugin is installed and enabled but when trying to view a java based web page get the following error:
/usr/lib/dld.sl: can't find path for shared library: libjava.sl
/usr/lib/dld.sl: no such file or directory
Plugin: Plugin is not enabled or Java VM process has died.

It looks like the dynamic loader cannot libjava.sl but how do I rectify this? There does not appear to be a libjava.sl associated with the install of the java plugin just the 3rd party applications that I am trying to connect to via the browser (CiscoWorks and Network Node Manager).
Any help would appreciated.
Thanks
Nick :-)

[Alex Glennie]

If you have the libjava.sl library installed on the system add its full path to your $SHLIB_PATH variable : I'd suggest setting & exporting this in say the users .profile.

[Charles Slivkoff]

If you've not installed Java VM & JPI 1.3.x, I would suggest starting with that. The 1.2 JPI support was not very user friendly. Check "about:plugins" for the version and location of the plugin.

Assuming that you're running NS 4.79 as downloaded from HP, you should not need to define SHLIB_PATH or CLASSPATH. If either of these are defined, unset them. You should also not need to define MOZILLA_HOME unless you are running 4.79 as downloaded from Netscape.

In /opt/netscape/plugins, the install of JPI 1.3 will create a sym-link to the plugin under /opt/java1.3. Make sure that ~/.netscape/plugins does NOT have a local copy or second sym-link.

Netscape is availble for download here:

http://www.hp.com/go/netscape

And Java can be found here:

http://www.hp.com/go/java

Hope this helps!