84184 - Can't download the Java plugin!

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 80170

(Core Graveyard :: Java: OJI, defect)

Description

[John T. Nelson]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2-2 i686; en-US; rv:0.9) Gecko/20010505
BuildID:    Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2-2 i686; en-US; rv:0.9) Gecko/20010505

Can't download the Java runtime plugin. The URLs to FTP this plugin are messed
up and it seems to assume I want Windows stuff.  No way man.  I'm getting really
frustrated with this. In general Mozilla has been running like a champ, but this
problem is mighty inexcusable.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:


I think this is a Netscape problem more than your problem but the chain of
events starts with Mozilla 0.9 and there are likely incorrect embedded URLs in
Mozilla.

When I go to pages that require a Java plugin I get redirected
to a page that offers two buttons, download Java for Windows or download Java
for Unix.

I take the Unix button and it tries to download jre3.1.exe from
ftp.netscape.com/pub/english/6.0/linux22....  Well of course it doesn't find it
there because it apparently assumes that it's looking
for a Windows plugin, not a Linux plugin (note the "exe" extension).

Then to add insult to injury I get this warning after it fails to download:

Install Results
Java 2 Plug-in for Linux: Download was unsuccessful. Please try again. The Java
Plug-in is 7.6Mb and will take you 37 minutes to fully download with a 28.8
modem or 19 minutes with a 56K modem. Alternatively, you can download this
plug-in directly from our FTP site at
ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape6/english/6.0/windows/win32/smartupdate/jre13i.exe
for Windows. Please e-mail [e-mail] if you continue to have
problems. Error encountered -- -235


Notice the WINDOWS oriented stuff in the path.  No... that's Linux spelled
"Linux" not "Windows".

Looks like Netscape has yet again messed up their links and directory structure.
 All I want to do is download the latest Java plugin.  Is that asking so much? 
Anyway, I hope you can help out with a fix for this...

-- John
[e-mail]


Actual Results:
From the resulting page after the FTP fails...

Install Results
Java 2 Plug-in for Linux: Download was unsuccessful. Please try again. The Java
Plug-in is 7.6Mb and will take you 37 minutes to fully download with a 28.8
modem or 19 minutes with a 56K modem. Alternatively, you can download this
plug-in directly from our FTP site at
ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape6/english/6.0/windows/win32/smartupdate/jre13i.exe
for Windows. Please e-mail [e-mail] if you continue to have
problems. Error encountered -- -235


Expected Results:  Should have downloaded and installed the Java plugin...

If I download Java jpi.xpi and put it in the plugins directory it is not
recognized by Mozilla so some kind of install magic is needed...

Comment 1

[Igor Kushnirskiy]

moving to oji

Comment 2

[edburns]

Xiaobin, can you please examine this?

Comment 3

[Xiaobin Lu]

ssu:
   Ask your help again. Do you have this problem? I also see this problem about 
downloading plugins.

Comment 4

[Xiaobin Lu]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 80170 ***

Comment 5

[Xiaobin Lu]

John:
    Please go to bug 80170 to see my comment there.