Revision as of 13:21, 8 December 2010

Java plugin

Installing the java plugin for web browsers is a pain, so I describe it here.

On SLES 11 x64

yast -i java-1_6_0-ibm

for every user (in this case root)
- make sure the Mozilla plugin directory exists:

mkdir -p /root/.mozilla/plugins

ln -s /usr/lib64/jvm/java-1_6_0-ibm-1.6.0/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /root/.mozilla/plugins/

ln -s /opt/j2sdk1.4.2_04/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so
 /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins

find out what your jre directory is. In its lib/amd64 path you will find libnpjp2.so
find out what your mozilla plugin directory is
Link libnpjp2.so to from the one directory to the other
Verify this has worked by surfing to about:plugins

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 * install java 1.6:
   yast -i java-1_6_0-ibm
-* for every user (in this case ''root''), link the plugin from java to mozilla:
+* for every user (in this case ''root'')
+** make sure the Mozilla plugin directory exists:
+ mkdir -p /''root''/.mozilla/plugins
+** link the plugin from java to mozilla:
   ln -s /usr/lib64/jvm/java-1_6_0-ibm-1.6.0/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /''root''/.mozilla/plugins/
 * test if it works by surfing to about:plugins