Java plugin

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

SLES 11 x64

On SLES 11 x64, make sure you get a 32bit firefox 3.0 browser from www.mozilla.com and a 32bit java 1.6 from java.sun.com. Follow http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux-amd64.html#java-sun

ls3134:~/firefox/plugins # ln -s /usr/java/jre1.6.0_17/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so

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