Howto: Java3d

This is how I got the Java3D plugin to work with the Java JRE 1.5.0_06 and Firefox 1.5 on the SUSE 10.0 Novell Evaluation Release. I installed this on an Intel MB with the 440BX chipset and a ATI 9200SE video card.

NOTE: I'm not a Linux expert, so if someone wants to point out ways to improve the info, that would be great.

Here's a Link to try/test it on when you're done. Java3D Test/Demo

First download and install Java 1.5.0_06 (if you already have a version ie. 1.4.2 installed) that should be fine.

Then download the Java3D for Linux 1.3.1 AND read the Install notes from here:

Link ---> Java3D for Linux

NOTE: Although below it says to cd to /usr/lib/j2re1.x.x, I didn't get that to work. I cd to /usr/java/jre1.5.0_06

Then from the command I logged in as Super User (not sure if I had to) and ran:
/bin/bash/home/fred/downloads/java3d-re-1.3.1-linux-i386.bin

From the Link Above:
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REQUIREMENTS
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This version of Java 3D™ for Linux requires the following:

* Java 2 Runtime version 1.4.1 or later from Blackdown (http://www.blackdown.org/) or Sun Microsystems (http://java.sun.com/j2se/).

* XFree86 4.1 or later with XFree86's Mesa library and DRI
or
the NVidia driver 1.0.4191 or later
or
the ATI Fire GL2/3/4 drivers X4.1.0-1.9.16 or later (In order to get hardware acceleration withe Fire GL2/3/4 driver you have to set LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libGL.so before starting Java 3D applications. E.g. "LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libGL.so java HelloUniverse" According to ATI this problem is fixed in the 1.9.19 driver.)
or
an official (ie. not XFree86's) Mesa library (http://www.mesa3d.org/) if you can't or don't want to use DRI

Note that XFree86 4.1 with XFree86's Mesa library without DRI is not supported at this time! Most likely the XServer will crash when you close Java3D application with that setup.

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INSTALLATION
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You must have permission to write files in your Java™ Runtime Environment. If you do not have this permission, the installer will run to completion but Java 3D™ will not be installed. Make sure you are running Java™ from your local machine and that you are the same user who installed
Java.

Java3D 1.3.1 Runtime Environment:
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Change your working directory to the the top level directory of the J2RE you wish to install Java 3D™ into. Then run java3d-re-1.3.1-linux-<ARCH>.bin to extract (tar and bzip2 must be installed to do this)
E.g.:
cd /usr/lib/j2re1.4.2
/bin/bash ~/java3d-re-1.3.1-linux-i386.bin

After installation, you may remove the archive.