How to install java plugin for firefox linux

#How to install java plugin for firefox linux install#

Alternatively, click the Tools menu to confirm that Java Console is there. Type about:plugins in the Location bar to confirm that the Java Plugin is loaded. Remove the symbolic links (or move them to another directory) to javaplugin-oji.so and libnpjp2.so from the Firefox plugins directory.Д¬reate a symbolic link to the Java Plugin in the Firefox plugins directory. Using the JRE ењ†4 rpm mentioned in the question, without icedtea plugin, all you need to do is linking the JRE library to firefox this way : ln -s /usr/java/jre1.7.005/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /.mozilla/plugins/ In fact I just copied it the first time this is why it crashed. When you want to use a different plugin, or version of a plugin, remove the symbolic links to any other versions and create a fresh symbolic link to the new one. Only one Java Plugin can be used at a time. Uninstall any previous installations of Java Plugin. file firefox firefox: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, stripped.

#How to install java plugin for firefox linux install#

To install the Java Plugin follow these steps: Created symbolic link in the new ењ†4 installation directory libnpjp2.so -> /opt/java/64/jre1.7.045/lib/i386/ libnpjp2.so. At the bottom of the window is a version string line that contains either 'Linux i686' (32-bit) or 'Linux x86_64' (64-bit). If youвЂ™re wondering where IвЂ™m leading with this, it is the fact that Mozilla Firefox is the default browser for Ubuntu and some other Linux distributions.

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To determine which version of Firefox you are running, launch the application, and select the menu item Help > About Mozilla Firefox. Mozilla Firefox, very much like Linux, is free and open-source software. If you are using a 32-bit Firefox, you should use the 32-bit Java Plugin (from the lib/i386 directory).