Comments on: Install Java JRE 1.6.0 (Update x) in Linux as the Default Java Runtime, including Firefox Browser Plugin

By: Anand

Anand — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:27:36 +0000

When I tested it using tester page after following all the steps detailed above , the browser closed if I use copy option for mozilla plugin but if I use link option ,it worked perfectly .

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By: Andrea

Andrea — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:16:50 +0000

No way to let firefox 3.5.6 recognize the java plugin.
I am on ubuntu 9.10 64 bit .
Java works fine but firefox do not find the plugins…. I think 3.5.6 is the worst release ever …. also fonts are decreased …

Any suggestion?

Andrea

By: Hodge

Hodge — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:05:40 +0000

Hi,

Actually you only need to create the ln -s link to the /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins if you want the plugin to be used system wide. If you’re the only user on the system, or you don’t want the changes system wide, creating the link to your home directory will suffice.

By: klark

klark — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:21:13 +0000

ONE THING IS MISSING…you NEED to create another ln -s link to the /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins to get it work!

By: nebim

nebim — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:19:19 +0000

hey, you are genius. this the first time i ever succeed installing java update since i used ubuntu desktop before 4 years.
really thanks for the simple elegant and informative post
nebim

By: nebim

nebim — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:17:31 +0000

hey, you are genius. this the first time i ever succed installing java update since i used ubuntu desktop before 4 years.
realy thanks for the simple elegent and informative post
nebim

By: Noisemaker

Noisemaker — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:07:47 +0000

Please someone tell me how can I remove this? Doesn’t work with the ubuntuzilla firefox (I can’t seem to uninstall that either, only the ubuntuzilla program itself). I start to hate Ubuntu to be honest. Why do I need to be a hacker to make these basic things to work?

By: cbinusa

cbinusa — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:20:57 +0000

Hodge script works well. Thanks. There are more current snapshots at http://download.java.net/jdk6/, which seem to work though you have to take care to use the names of these builds and edit the script accordingly.

By: Noisemaker

Noisemaker — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:32:54 +0000

Thanks, I’ve done all these, it seemed to went fine, but Firefox 3.5 doesn’t get it. Jason wrote something like this in one of the comments:

“i had my version of ff 3.5 installed in /home/me/firefox which is where i had to install it so ubuntu didnt default back to 3.0.xx. for some reason, even though i had the jre1.6.0_15 file linked to my /home/me/firefox/plugins, it was not recognizing it. i had to link that file to /usr/lib/firefox/plugins and it picked it up.”

This might be useful for the non-idiots, but the newbies like me need to copypaste everything to the terminal, otherwise I’ll never figure out what to do. Somebody please help!