[CentOS] Centos 5.3, Firefox, and JRE

[b.j. mcclure]

CentOS 5.5, Linux 2.6.18-238.9.1.el5 athlon 17:00:52 up 1 day, 21:25, 1
user, load average: 0.22, 0.20, 0.11


On Tue, 2011-04-19 at 15:40 -0500, Eric Kaufmann wrote:
> I can't get java applets to run in Firefox.
> 
> We are using centos 5.3, firefox 3.0.11. Java version 1.6.0_24 is
> installed.
> 
> java version "1.6.0_24"
> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_24-b07)
> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 19.1-b02, mixed mode)
> 
> I know there has been allot written about this issue. I did look and
> there is no jre plug in installed for Firefox.
> 
> I tried to reinstall java and this did not work either.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Eric

Java: To enable java, download and install the appropriate version for
your architecture here.
http://java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp?locale=en&host=www.java.com . 
For i386: 
        Navigate to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins and create ln -s
        to /usr/java/jre*/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so.
For x86_64: 
        Navigate to /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins and ln -s
        to /usr/lib/java/jre*/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so.
Works for me.  HTH.

B.J.