Dave, First, confirm that Java is installed. cd /usr/java/ you should have a directory "jre1.5.x.x.x" or whatever the current version. That directory should have some stuff in it: <SNIP> [ahull at hal jre1.5.0_02]$ ls bin COPYRIGHT lib man README Welcome.html CHANGES javaws LICENSE plugin THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME.txt <!SNIP> If it does not, then Java is not installed yet. I recommend not downloading the RPM. One you get it installed, then you have to copy the plugin to the proper directory in Firefox. a symbolic link would do this nicely. ln -s n -s /<java dir>/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /<firefox dir>/plugins/ Then enable the java checkbox in firefox preferences and you're set. The java website has some decent instructions too: http://java.com/en/download/help/5000010500.xml#selfextracting Andrew