Java and Firefox 3.6

[Nigel Ridley]

On 03/24/2010 01:30 AM, Steve Morris wrote:
> On 22/03/10 05:51, Nigel Ridley wrote:
>> I just noticed that according to about:plugins I don't have the java
>> plugin installed.
>> I do have the sun-java-plugin installed and so tried the following:
>> nigel at nigel:~$ sudo ln -s
>> /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.15/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
>> /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins
>> [sudo] password for nigel:
>> nigel at nigel:~$ sudo ln -s
>> /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.15/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
>> /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
>> nigel at nigel:~$
>>
>> [above code is broken up by mail client's line wrap]
>>
>> Restarted Firefox (Namoroka actually) but still no java.
>>
>> On checking the various firefox dirs I do have symbolic links in all
>> the plugin dirs.
>>
>> How does one get java working?
>>
> There are two problems here:
> 1). The java package distributed by Ubuntu neglects to set up the
> symlink for the java plugin.
> 2). The plugin you tried to symlink to is incompatible with firefox and
> has never been compatible with any version of firefox nor any version of
> java.
>
> The missing symlink can be created by issuing the following command:
>
> sudo update-alternatives --install
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so mozilla-javaplugin.so
> /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so 50
>
> regards,
> Steve
>

Thanks Steve,

It works a treat :-)

Blessings,

Nigel