how to install the java plugin in firefox

[Why did I get this?]

I did, and it says that it doesn't exist.

[anyweb]

what file did you download (more details please)

 

it would be a good idea to copy paste your commands and resulting errors here along with an ls -al of the directory you are in (plus pwd to see what directory it is)

 

so do this

 

Code:

pwd
ls -al

 

then paste that here, plus do the commands (chmod +x..... ) and paste the output here

 

cheers

anyweb

[Why did I get this?]

Ok, now it worked but when i restarted firefox and went to about:plugins I didn't see java anywhere

[anyweb]

thats because you have probably linked it (ln -s) to the wrong plugin,

 

as I've asked already, PASTE the commands you have tried here so we can see what you are doing, it's hard to guess what you are doing,

 

in addition, WHICH jave download did you try with ?

 

cheers

anyweb

[Why did I get this?]

I'm doing the instructions you have at the top, word for word except the file name.

 

The java is j2re-1_4_2_06-linux-i586-rpm.bin

[Rich]

firefox 5 on x86_64 requires the 32 bit plugin

 

/usr/java/<latest version>/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so

 

The Linux x64 rpm does not include it.

 

attempting to install the 32 version after you have already installed the 64 bit version

 

Code:

./jre-6u26-linux-i586-rpm.bin

 

tells you

Code:

package jre-1.6.0_26-fcs.i586 is already installed

 

work around

extract the files from the rpm

 

Code:

rpm2cpio jre-6u26-linux-i586.rpm | cpio -idmv

copy the i386 directory to the latest release directory

Code:

cp -R ~/Downloads/usr/java/jre1.6.0_26/lib/i386 /usr/java/jre1.6.0_26/lib/

update the link in your ~/.mozilla/plugins

Code:

ln -sf /usr/java/jre1.6.0_26/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so .

about:plugins to verify

 

voila