[CentOS] Getting JRE working in Firefox
Ross S. W. Walker
rwalker at medallion.com
Fri Mar 7 17:05:40 UTC 2008
Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Ray Van Dolson wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 11:12:14AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> >
> >> I think I followed your instructions (I am dyslexic and basically flunked
> >> High School Spanish back in the '60s), but still not working. Here is what
> >> I get:
> >>
> >
> > Have you actually installed the plugin in Firefox though?
> >
> > # cd /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.12/plugins
> > # ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.3/jre/plugins/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
> >
> > Your path to libjavaplugin_oji.so will be different most likely.
> >
> Uh, I see more 'challenges'
>
> ls /usr/lib/jvm
> java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0 jre-1.4.2 jre-1.4.2-gcj jre-gcj
>
> So where is 6.5?
>
> locate libjavaplugin_oji
>
> /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_05/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_05/jre/plugin/i386/ns7-gcc29/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> /usr/java/jre1.6.0_05/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's the one
ln -s /usr/java/default/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.12/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so
Using 'default' should make the link stay valid across upgrades.
> /usr/java/jre1.6.0_05/plugin/i386/ns7-gcc29/libjavaplugin_oji.so
>
>
> Please advise...
>
> ANd with all I have done, documenting what is needed will be a bear!
-Ross
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