I need MathJax, which uses Java, to work withFirefox

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

Use TAB and ENTER to accept the license. You will then have Oracle Java in your browsers once you close them all and rerun it.

Dear actionparsnip,

I did just as you suggested -- but there was no improvement. While running
the on-line homework system webwork under firefox, mathematical formulae
are not interpreted (these formulae are written in the java scripting
language MathJax. Google chrome has no such problem -- the formulae are
correctly rendered).

   -- Saul

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 6:31 PM, actionparsnip <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #264212 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/264212
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
>
> Use TAB and ENTER to accept the license. You will then have Oracle Java
> in your browsers once you close them all and rerun it.
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/264212/+confirm?answer_id=0
>
> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
> following page to enter your feedback:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/264212
>
> You received this question notification because you asked the question.
>

I successfully downloaded seamonkey; but the browser in seramonkey has the
same problem as firefox; it does not interpret MathJax data appropriately,
making it impossible to use with Webwork (a web-based computer homework
system invented by, and used by, the University of Rochester Math Dept.

Help greatly appreciated.

I have installed the latest version of Oracle Java, which is avaiable as
/usr/bin/jave.

All other browsers that I've tested (Google chrome, Opera) work fine with
Webwork, interpreting the mathjax data correctly.

I suspect that I have to copy the java plugin into the appropriate
subdirectory of ~/.mozilla/firefox/ for firefox to make proper use of java
-- but I don't know where to look for this plugin (I beleive it is some
place on my computer, having been put there by Java when I installed the
latest Oracle Java.) Also, I don't know what subdirecory of
~/.mozilla/firefox/ should be used (in which to place the plugin).

Help much appreciated.

Thanks,

  -- Saul)

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 5:06 PM, Saul Lubkin <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #264212 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/264212
>
> Status: Answered => Open
>
> You are still having a problem:
> Dear actionparsnip,
>
> I did just as you suggested -- but there was no improvement. While running
> the on-line homework system webwork under firefox, mathematical formulae
> are not interpreted (these formulae are written in the java scripting
> language MathJax. Google chrome has no such problem -- the formulae are
> correctly rendered).
>
> -- Saul
>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 6:31 PM, actionparsnip <
> <email address hidden>> wrote:
>
> > Your question #264212 on Ubuntu changed:
> > https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/264212
> >
> > Status: Open => Answered
> >
> > actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
> > sudo apt-get update
> > sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
> >
> > Use TAB and ENTER to accept the license. You will then have Oracle Java
> > in your browsers once you close them all and rerun it.
> >
> > --
> > If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> > know that it is solved:
> >
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/264212/+confirm?answer_id=0
> >
> > If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
> > following page to enter your feedback:
> > https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/264212
> >
> > You received this question notification because you asked the question.
> >
>
> --
> You received this question notification because you asked the question.
>

i've solved my problem!

It was very easy -- I clicked on the "Menu" button in Firefox, chose
"Add-Ons", then "Plugins". The Preferences for the Java applet was "Ask".
I changed it to "Always allow" -- and voila, the problem disappeared!

  -- Saul

On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Saul Lubkin <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #264212 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/264212
>
> You gave more information on the question:
> I successfully downloaded seamonkey; but the browser in seramonkey has the
> same problem as firefox; it does not interpret MathJax data appropriately,
> making it impossible to use with Webwork (a web-based computer homework
> system invented by, and used by, the University of Rochester Math Dept.
>
> Help greatly appreciated.
>
> I have installed the latest version of Oracle Java, which is avaiable as
> /usr/bin/jave.
>
> All other browsers that I've tested (Google chrome, Opera) work fine with
> Webwork, interpreting the mathjax data correctly.
>
> I suspect that I have to copy the java plugin into the appropriate
> subdirectory of ~/.mozilla/firefox/ for firefox to make proper use of java
> -- but I don't know where to look for this plugin (I beleive it is some
> place on my computer, having been put there by Java when I installed the
> latest Oracle Java.) Also, I don't know what subdirecory of
> ~/.mozilla/firefox/ should be used (in which to place the plugin).
>
> Help much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Saul)
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 5:06 PM, Saul Lubkin <
> <email address hidden>> wrote:
>
> > Your question #264212 on Ubuntu changed:
> > https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/264212
> >
> > Status: Answered => Open
> >
> > You are still having a problem:
> > Dear actionparsnip,
> >
> > I did just as you suggested -- but there was no improvement. While
> running
> > the on-line homework system webwork under firefox, mathematical formulae
> > are not interpreted (these formulae are written in the java scripting
> > language MathJax. Google chrome has no such problem -- the formulae are
> > correctly rendered).
> >
> > -- Saul
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 6:31 PM, actionparsnip <
> > <email address hidden>> wrote:
> >
> > > Your question #264212 on Ubuntu changed:
> > > https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/264212
> > >
> > > Status: Open => Answered
> > >
> > > actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> > > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
> > > sudo apt-get update
> > > sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
> > >
> > > Use TAB and ENTER to accept the license. You will then have Oracle Java
> > > in your browsers once you close them all and rerun it.
> > >
> > > --
> > > If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let
> us
> > > know that it is solved:
> > >
> >
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/264212/+confirm?answer_id=0
> > >
> > > If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
> > > following page to enter your feedback:
> > > https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/264212
> > >
> > > You received this question notification because you asked the question.
> > >
> >
> > --
> > You received this question notification because you asked the question.
> >
>
> You received this question notification because you asked the question.
>

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