Package: sun-java6-plugin
Followup-For: Bug #448746

This wishlist bug can now be closed:

    $ apt-cache policy sun-java6-plugin
    sun-java6-plugin:
      Installed: 6-12-1
      Candidate: 6-12-1
      Version table:
     *** 6-12-1 0
            990 ftp://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu unstable/non-free Packages
            100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

My only question is why is the actual plugin _not_ present in the
'sun-java6-plugin' package?  The plugin filename is 'libnpjp2.so', but
it is not there:

    $ dpkg -L sun-java6-plugin
    /.
    /usr
    /usr/share
    /usr/share/doc
    /usr/share/lintian
    /usr/share/lintian/overrides
    /usr/share/lintian/overrides/sun-java6-plugin
    /usr/lib
    /usr/lib/mozilla
    /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
    /usr/lib/midbrowser
    /usr/lib/midbrowser/plugins
    /usr/lib/xulrunner
    /usr/lib/xulrunner/plugins
    /usr/lib/iceape
    /usr/lib/iceape/plugins
    /usr/lib/firefox
    /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
    /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons
    /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins
    /usr/lib/iceweasel
    /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins
    /usr/share/doc/sun-java6-plugin

But I do seem to have the file:

    # find / -name libnpjp2.so
    /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.12/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so

Which package owns it?  Let's see:

    # dpkg -S $(find / -name libnpjp2.so)
    sun-java6-bin: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.12/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so

Most confusing!


Thanks for the plugin, though!
Dave W.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (350, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.28-rc6.081130.desktop.uvesafb (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages sun-java6-plugin depends on:
ii  iceweasel                     3.0.6-1    lightweight web browser based on M
ii  libasound2                    1.0.16-2   ALSA library
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.1.5-2  X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6                      2:1.0.4-1  X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxi6                        2:1.1.4-1  X11 Input extension library
ii  libxt6                        1:1.0.5-3  X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  libxtst6                      2:1.0.3-1  X11 Testing -- Resource extension 
ii  sun-java6-bin                 6-12-1     Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (

sun-java6-plugin recommends no packages.

sun-java6-plugin suggests no packages.

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