[CentOS] Confusion about 32 vs 64 bit jre

MHR mhullrich at gmail.com
Thu Sep 17 20:45:01 UTC 2009


On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:32 PM, MHR <mhullrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> I ran a yum update yesterday and got the new kernel and other goodies,
> and I've rebooted and all seems to be well.
>
> Except, I just tried to run Firefox for the first time, and it wants a
> new jre (6.16).  Now that's fine, except that I have a recollection of
> needing the 32-bit jre the last time I did this, but that's not
> working.  I'm pulling down the 64-bit version, but I'm wondering if I
> need both, which, IIRC, does not work, or which one of the two?
>
> (I _am_ running the x86_64 OS and most apps.)
>
> What bothers me is that I've tried both, and apparently neither one
> works (!!!!).
>
> I installed by downloading the bin file (self-extracting rpm), and
> then running the bin with sudo.
>
> Where did I go wrong?
>

Solved:  The installation does not automatically update the mozilla
plugins directory, which (apparently) must be updated manually.

Foo.

mhr



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