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    Java plugin not working

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by wearetheborg, Apr 22, 2008.

  1. wearetheborg

    wearetheborg Notebook Virtuoso

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    I installed the jre plugin directly using the iinstrcutions from
    http://java.com/en/download/help/5000010500.xml#100

    But firefox is not recognising it. Any ideas what is wrong ?

    Code: 
    $cd /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
$ls -l
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 67 2008-04-23 03:08 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /home/wearetheborg/inst/jre1.6.0_05/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so

....
    In Edit->Preferences->Content Java is enabled.
    But when I do about :plugins, java does not show up
     
    wearetheborg, Apr 22, 2008
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  2. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

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    If you are using ubuntu, why don't you download the one in the repository?
     
    Ayle, Apr 22, 2008
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    f15hp Notebook Consultant

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    I am also having a similar problem, I installed Ubuntu in my computer but I don't have a lot of experience using using it. I tried installing the adobe flash plugin and for some reason the installation did not work or I don't know how to do it.
     
    f15hp, Apr 22, 2008
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  4. srunni

    srunni Notebook Deity

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    Just install the package sun-java6-jre for Java support, or flashplugin-nonfree for Flash support. Firefox should prompt you for it to automatically do this for you when you encounter a Java/Flash site, as of Gutsy Gibbon (aka 7.10, released in October 2007).

    Remember that in Ubuntu (and most other Linux distros) you want to try installing everything from the repositories, rather than downloading the software from a site, like you would with Windows. This results in a much more streamlined experience, as all the software has been tested and set up to install in exactly the way that will guarantee that it works.
     
    srunni, Apr 22, 2008
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  5. wearetheborg

    wearetheborg Notebook Virtuoso

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    I'm using debian etc.
    Apparently there were two solutions.
    1) Install sun-java5-plugin (I thought it was installed since I had installed jre and jdk but apparently not). Apparently java6 isnt there in the debian repos yet.
    2)Create a plugins directory in /home/wearetheborg/.mozilla and there create a symlink to libjavaplugin_oji.so
     
    wearetheborg, Apr 23, 2008
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