[CentOS] Getting JRE working in Firefox

Sat Mar 8 17:02:34 UTC 2008
Barry Brimer <lists at brimer.org>

>> I have installed both:
>> 
>> jdk-6u5-linux-i586-rpm.bin
>> jre-6u5-linux-i586-rpm.bin
>> 
>> 
>> But no Java plugin in Firefox.

You need to symlink the plugin into the plugins directory.  Copying won't 
work.

Try this:

ln -s /usr/java/jre1.6.0_05/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so 
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

This is a one line command regardless of how it comes across in email.

Barry