81240 - Java plugin installation incomplete

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Girish Manwani]

It seems after i get the plug-in downloader window and i downloaded and
installed the Java 2 Runtime Environment when i restarted the browser and did
about plugins i cannot see it.

Evidently visiting any page with Java asks you to download the plug-in again :(

Comment 1

[Sean Su]

removing samir from cc: list.

Comment 2

[Sean Su]

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape6/english/6.0/windows/win32/smartupdate/jre.x
pi  --  05/16/2001 10:53:57
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Sun Java 2
      ----------
      ** initInstall() returned: 0
      ** execute() returned: 0
      [1/1]	Executing: C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\TEMP\xpinstall.exe
      Install completed successfully
      ** performInstall() returned: 0
      Finished Installation  05/16/2001 10:53:59
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

it should have been executing "jre13i.exe" not xpinstall.exe.  I'll attach the 
install.js file for jre.xpi.

Don, Dan, does any of this look familiar to you?  Was there a recent checkin to 
the execute() code?

Comment 3

[Sean Su]

Attachment: install script for jre.xpi

Comment 4

[Girish Manwani]

the build id is 2001051604 .. windows nightly build

Comment 5

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

"xpinstall.exe" is the temporary file name of whatever is executed. I have no 
idea why we don't use the real name.

Comment 6

[Sean Su]

Found the problem.  Girish simply used the .zip file to install mozilla instead 
of running the windows installer.  By simply unzipping mozilla, 3rd party apps 
will not be able to locate where mozilla was unzipped to (there's no way to 
unless the entire hard drive is searched).

The windows mozilla installer creates registry keys in the windows registry so 
3rd party apps can locate it.

Closing this bug as invalid.

Comment 7

[Grace Bush]

vfy

Comment 8

[Jon Henry]

*** Bug 223238 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***